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The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War
- Title
- The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
- Author
- Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles
- Publication
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 465 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Summary
- Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.--
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The puzzle of the Civil War -- Who can make war? -- The rising of the people -- Soldiers and civilians -- Kindling the fires of liberty -- Unnecessary violence -- Discipline, order, and justice -- Children of God -- The importance of states -- Conclusion: The double-edged sword.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9163
- ISBN
- 9780674984226
- 0674984226
- LCCN
- 2018001864
- 40028528147
- OCLC
- 1020311613
- Author
- Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles, author.
- Title
- The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028528147
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9163