Living Hell The Dark Side of the Civil War

Name: Living Hell The Dark Side of the Civil War
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ISBN: 9781421412214

ISBN-10: 1421412217

ISBN-13: 9781421412214

Edition: 2014

Authors: Michael C. C. Adams

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Many Americans, argues Michael C. C. Adams, tend to think of the Civil War as glorious and full of pageantry. Millions of tourists flock to battlefields each year as vacation destinations, their perceptions of the war shaped by reenactors in blue and gray uniforms launching charges and countercharges over idyllic scenery while flags snap in the breeze. Living Hell brings us back to reality with a sober depiction of the cruelty, suffering, and almost unimaginable loss of life and property caused by this merciless war.Perhaps because the United States has not seen conventional war on its own soil since 1865, the collective memory of its horror has faded, so that we have sanitized and…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/15/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English