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Why the Civil War Came (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books) First Edition

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In the early morning of April 12, 1861, Captain George S. James ordered the bombardment of Fort Sumter, beginning a war that would last four horrific years and claim a staggering number of lives. Since that fateful day, the debate over the causes of the American Civil War has never ceased.
What events were instrumental in bringing it about? How did individuals and institutions function? What did Northerners and Southerners believe in the decades of strife preceding the war? What steps did they take to avoid war? Indeed, was the great armed conflict avoidable at all?
Why the Civil War Came brings a talented chorus of voices together to recapture the feel of a very different time and place, helping the reader to grasp more fully the commencement of our bloodiest war. From William W. Freehling's discussion of the peculiarities of North American slavery to Charles
Royster's disturbing piece on the combatants' savage readiness to fight, the contributors bring to life the climate of a country on the brink of disaster. Mark Summers, for instance, depicts the tragically jubilant first weeks of Northern recruitment, when Americans on both sides were as yet unaware
of the hellish slaughter that awaited them. Glenna Matthews underscores the important war-catalyzing role played by extraordinary public women, who proved that neither side of the Mason-Dixon line was as patriarchal as is thought. David Blight reveals an African-American world that "knew what time
it was," and welcomed war. And Gabor Boritt examines the struggle's central figure, Lincoln himself, illuminating in the years leading up to the war a blindness on the future president's part, an unwillingness to confront the looming calamity that was about to smash the nation asunder.
William E. Gienapp notes perhaps the most unsettling fact about the Civil War, that democratic institutions could not resolve the slavery issue without resorting to violence on an epic scale. With gripping detail, Why the Civil War Came takes readers back to a country fraught with bitterness,
confusion, and hatred--a country ripe for a war of unprecedented bloodshed--to show why democracy failed, and violence reigned.

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0195079418
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978-0195079418
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First Edition
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Oxford University Press
Publication date

January 11, 1996
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Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
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English
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5.81 x 1.05 x 8.51 inches
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272 pages
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Margaret Lunnum

Informative

Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2020

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Gives the reader an overview of why the Civil War started.

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As usual Boritt is entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2013

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I have read a lot of his civil war collection and am always satisfied by a different perspectives, on different subjects....I will always buy his books as they are both informative and entertaining

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Sundance Morgan

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John M. Walker

Way too much revisionist history focused on the slavery part ...

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Way too much revisionist history focused on the slavery part of the pre war history and not enough on the illegal supreme court action in the Dread Scott case and the Lincoln Douglas debates.

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Andrew Jarvis

great book to help debate uncle frank

Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2021

very informative and well written book.

highly recommend if you are sick of the "states rights" argument and you want a little ammo for your debate with uncle frank.... or maybe you can convince uncle frank to read this....🤔🤔

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Kenneth Kloby

A collection of essays.

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2011

If you are a serious student of the American Civil War you must read this collection of excellent essays.

You will need to be familiar with American history from Jefferson up to the war itself, especially the political parties, sectionalism, administrations, crises, compromises, personalities, etc. If you are not familiar with the pre-war period most of the essays will be tough.

You will also have to be patient, several authors have a tendency to construct sophisticated sentences which may require several passes; however, the effort is always worthwhile.

You may have to compromise with yourself on the cause(s) of the war, as well as why the soldiers fought.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2000

In the face of recent debates over the Confederate flag flying over South Carolina's capital, a lot has been said regarding the author's subject. Some contend that the war was over state's rights and others contend it was over the issue of slavery. It has even been suggested by many sources that Lincoln came to oppose slavery late. I bought this book hoping to read an author who both knew history and could examine the facts impartially. I clearly found both.
The editor explores pre-Civil War history through the voices of the main figures and groups. In the process I discovered that both states rights and anti-slavery contentions are correct. However, these two are so closely tied that it hardly matters, as you will discover through the eyes of the players. Please read this book. This book should be required reading in every high school history class in America.
I found the book to be the best slice of easy reading history I've ever read, and highly applicable to related debates of the 21st century.
Incidentally, if you are interested in the unique origins of the Republican party, the formation of our two parties, the demise of early parties, the early black leaders, the early womens' movements or even early trends in women's literature, this is an amazing read regarding those topics alone. Can't put it down, highligher in hand stuff.

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