Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War Paperback - 2007
by Harry S. Stout
A profound and timely examination of the moral underpinnings of the War Between the States
The Civil War was not only a war of armies but also a war of ideas, in which Union and Confederacy alike identified itself as a moral nation with God on its side. In this watershed book, Harry S. Stout measures the gap between those claims and the war's actual conduct. Ranging from the home front to the trenches and drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Stout explores the lethal mix of propaganda and ideology that came to justify slaughter on and off the battlefield. At a time when our country is once again at war, Upon the Altar of the Nation is a deeply necessary book.
Summary
The Civil War was not only a war of armies but also a war of ideas, in which Union and Confederacy alike identified itself as a moral nation with God on its side. In this watershed book, Harry S. Stout measures the gap between those claims and the wars actual conduct. Ranging from the home front to the trenches and drawing on a wealth of contemporary documents, Stout explores the lethal mix of propaganda and ideology that came to justify slaughter on and off the battlefield. At a time when our country is once again at war, Upon the Altar of the Nation is a deeply necessary book.
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- Title Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
- Author Harry S. Stout
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2007-04-01
- Features Annotated, Bibliography, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143038764 / 0143038761
- Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
- Dimensions 8.94 x 6.06 x 1.3 in (22.71 x 15.39 x 3.30 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects United States, History
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.71
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Thought provoking . . . asks many of the right questions. (James M. McPherson, The New York Review of Books)
Citations
- Christian Century, 05/03/2011, Page 34
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