The Union War - - Gary W. Gallagher - Paperback Bog - Harvard University Press - 2012 - Engelsk - Booktok.dk
Brand: Harvard University Press
Description
Today, many believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. This view satisfies our contemporary sense of justice, but as Gallagher's searing revisionist history shows, it is an anachronistic judgment. Northern citizen-soldiers fought the war to preserve the Union. Emancipation was secondary to the war’s primary goal of safeguarding the republic.
