The Calculus of Violence : How Americans Fought the Civil War

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Full Title:: The Calculus of Violence : How Americans Fought the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Related/Included Titles:: Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction: The Puzzle of the Civil War --
1. Who Can Make War? --
2. The Rising of the People --
3. Soldiers and Citizens --
4. Kindling the Fires of Liberty --
5. Unnecessary Violence --
6. Discipline, Order, and Justice --
7. Children of God --
8. The Importance of States --
Conclusion: The Double-Edged Sword --
Notes --
Acknowledgments --
Illustration Credits --
Index

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:: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Puzzle of the Civil War -- 1. Who Can Make War? -- 2. The Rising of the People -- 3. Soldiers and Citizens -- 4. Kindling the Fires of Liberty -- 5. Unnecessary Violence -- 6. Discipline, Order, and Justice -- 7. Children of God -- 8. The Importance of States -- Conclusion: The Double-Edged Sword -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Illustration Credits -- Index
Bibliography:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
Language Note:: In English.
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (481 pages)