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020 _a9780190254612 (ebook) :
_cNo price
040 _aStDuBDS
_beng
_cStDuBDS
_erda
_epn
050 0 _aE471
_b.T56 2011
082 0 4 _a973.711
_223
100 1 _aThomas, Emory M.,
_d1939-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe dogs of war, 1861 /
_cEmory M. Thomas.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2011.
300 _a1 online resource (113 pages) :
_bmaps (black and white)
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
336 _acartographic image
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 _aIn 1861, Americans thought that the war looming on their horizon would be brief. None foresaw that they were embarking on our nation's worst calamity, a four-year bloodbath that cost the lives of more than half a million people. But as this book points out, once the dogs of war are unleashed, it is almost impossible to rein them in. This book highlights the delusions that dominated each side's thinking.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham,
_d1809-1865
_xPolitical and social views.
_985354
600 1 0 _aDavis, Jefferson,
_d1808-1889
_xPolitical and social views.
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y19th century.
_944254
650 0 _aPublic opinion
_zConfederate States of America.
650 0 _aSectionalism (United States)
_xHistory
_y19th century.
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xCauses.
_919560
651 0 _aUnited States
_xHistory
_yCivil War, 1861-1865
_xPublic opinion.
_921155
776 0 8 _iPrint version :
_z9780195174700
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttps://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780195174700.001.0001
975 _aOxford scholarship online 2024
999 _c87041
_d87041