Upon the Altar Of a Nation
by Stout, Harry S
A profound and timely examination of the moral underpinnings of the War Between the States The Civil War was not only a war of armies but also a war of ideas, in which Union and Confederacy alike identified itself as a moral nation with God on its side. In this watershed book, Harry S. Stout measures the gap between those claims and the war's actual conduct. Ranging from the home front to the trenches and drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Stout explores the lethal mix of propaganda and ideology that came to justify slaughter on and off the battlefield. At a time when our country is once again at war, Upon the Altar of the Nation is a deeply necessary book.
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Viking Press, 2006. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair/Fine. Large, thick, sturdy book, black spine, dark blue boards, embossed initials at bottom front, gilt lettering and gilt background bright on spine, 552 pages, illustrations and maps throughout. Short ink lines in margins of pages xiii, xiv, 15-21, 27-29, 35, 47, 50, 53-58, 62, 64, 70-71, 80-81, 93-94, 97-99.… Read more about this item Item Price
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