{"product_id":"this-mighty-scourge-perspectives-on-the-civil-war-paperback","title":"This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames M. McPherson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eCrossroads of Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTried by War\u003c\/em\u003e, among many other award-winning books, James M. McPherson is America's preeminent Civil War historian. In this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMcPherson sheds light on topics large and small, from the average soldier's avid love of newspapers to the postwar creation of the mystique of a Lost Cause in the South. Readers will find insightful pieces on such intriguing figures as Harriet Tubman, John Brown, Jesse James, and William Tecumseh Sherman, and on such vital issues as Confederate military strategy, the failure of peace negotiations to end the war, and the realities and myths of the Confederacy. \u003cem\u003eThis Mighty Scourge\u003c\/em\u003e includes several never-before-published essays--pieces on General Robert E. Lee's goals in the Gettysburg campaign, on Lincoln and Grant in the Vicksburg campaign, and on Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief. All of the essays have been updated and revised to give the volume greater thematic coherence and continuity, so that it can be read in sequence as an interpretive history of the war and its meaning for America and the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining the finest scholarship with luminous prose, and packed with new information and fresh ideas, this book brings together the most recent thinking by the nation's leading authority on the Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames M. McPherson\u003c\/strong\u003e is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He has published numerous volumes on the Civil War, including \u003cem\u003eLincoln and the Second American Revolution, Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFor Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize in 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42135380426887,"sku":"9780195392425","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/208469282842b531c59f12e9076414c9.webp?v=1732649067","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/this-mighty-scourge-perspectives-on-the-civil-war-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}