Description
The crowning achievement of one of America's most distinguished military historians. --Lincoln Prize jury
Readers will find much to debate in this book--including . . . its affirmation that, because of emancipation, 'the Civil War calls for a rethinking of the attitude . . . that war is always futile, that its rewards never match its cost, that any conflict [must be] immediately decisive and virtually without loss of American lives.' --Gary W. Gallagher
Author: Russell F. Weigley
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 01/30/2004
Pages: 648
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 8.97h x 6.21w x 1.64d
ISBN13: 9780253217066
ISBN10: 0253217067
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military | General
- Political Science | General
About the Author
Russell F. Weigley (1930-2004) was Professor of History at Temple University and author of numerous books, including The American Way of War and Eisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945 (both published by IUP). He lived in Philadelphia.