The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War

Author/Creator:: Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles, author
Publication/Creation:: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2018
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: The calculus of violence : how Americans fought the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Subjects:: Violence--United States--History--19th century
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography

Table of Contents:: Introduction: The puzzle of the Civil War -- Who can make war? -- The rising of the people -- Soldiers and civilians -- Kindling the fires of liberty -- Unnecessary violence -- Discipline, order, and justice -- Children of God -- The importance of states -- Conclusion: The double-edged sword.
Summary:: Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.--
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 465 pages ; 25 cm