Divided Union. A Concise History Of The American Civil War

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The History Press
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1999
Edition: First Edition

Description: 224 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: The Divided Union is an account of five of the most dramatic and tragic years in the history of the U.S. The families and neighbors of a fledgling superpower were pitted against each other in a war concerned with the most fundamental of human motivations: freedom, identity, and nation. While great leaders like Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant found their moment, millions of ordinary Americans suffered terribly and more were killed than during the First and Second World Wars combined. The victory of the North determined the indivisibility of the Union and ensured its development as a nation, yet deep scars remained, and the ideals outlined by Lincoln in the Gettysburg Address failed to become a blueprint for the modern U.S. This is an accessible and compelling account both of the conflict itself and of its wider implications.

ISBN: 9780752450032