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The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction

by Mark E. Neely, Jr.

2007 288 pages eng

The Civil War is often portrayed as the most brutal war in America's history, a premonition of 20th century slaughter and carnage. In challenging this view, the author considers the war's destructiveness in a comparative context, revealing the sense of limits that guided the conduct of American sold…

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