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20 good reasons to study the Civil War / John C. Waugh.

Title
20 good reasons to study the Civil War / John C. Waugh.
Author
Waugh, John C.
Publication
Abilene, Tex. : McWhiney Foundation Press, c2004.

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96 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Twenty good reasons to study the Civil War.
Alternative Title
Twenty good reasons to study the Civil War
Subject
  • 1861-1865
  • United States > Study and teaching. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Miscellanea
  • United States > Influence > Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Trivia and miscellanea
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Jim Lehrer -- Because It Was Unique -- Because It Was a Watershed in American History -- Because It Was a War of Firsts -- Because It Saved Republican Government -- Because It Killed Slavery -- Because It Originated New Ways of Waging War -- Because It Revolutionized War on the Water -- Because It Teaches Us Brotherhood -- Because It Showcases Undaunted Courage -- Because It Made Heroes -- Because It Created a New Industrial America -- Because It Produced Men of Fabulous Fortunes -- Because It Was a War of Political Oddities -- Because It Pioneered a New Journalism -- Because It Inspired Great Literature -- Because It Tested Our Faith -- Because It Is Our Own Direct Tie to the Past -- Because It Makes Us Remember -- Because It Is Great Drama -- Because It Speaks to Us Still.
ISBN
1893114465 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2004001876
OCLC
  • 54365373
  • SCSB-12141414
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library