Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
by Harry S. Stout
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- Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143038761
- ISBN 13
- 9780143038764
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About This Item
From back cover: "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 each identified itself as a moral nation with God on its side."
This book measures the gap between those claims and draws 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.
Book - Good condition. I would have called this a "very good" but the back cover has rubbing and bumping including a couple small gouges. There is also some corner wear and there is a red remainder mark on the bottom. Text is clean and binding is very good. The spine is not cracked.
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552 pages including Index.
Synopsis
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 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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- Blue & Grey Book Shoppe (US)
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- 2055
- Title
- Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War
- Author
- Harry S. Stout
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0143038761
- ISBN 13
- 9780143038764
- Publisher
- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- March 27, 2007
- Pages
- 552
- Keywords
- Civil War, American History, moral history, propaganda, ideology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; History - American; Sociology;
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