Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award, 1989Īccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:13:48 Boxid IA40229914 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Lincoln - The Revolution of 1860 - The counterrevolution of 1861 - Facing both ways: the upper south's dilemma - Amateurs go to war - Farewell to the Ninety Days' War - Blockade and beachhead: the Salt-water War, 1861-1862 - The River War in 1862 - The sinews of war - Billy Yank's chickahominy blues - We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued - Carry me back to old Virginny - John Bull's Virginia reel - Three rivers in winter, 1862-1863 - Fire in the rear - Long remember: the summer of '63 - Johnny Reb's Chattanooga blues - When this cruel war is over - If it takes all summer - After four years of failure - We are going to be wiped off the earth - South Carolina must be destroyed - We are all Americans - Epilogue: to the shoals of victory The United States at midcentury - Mexico will poison us - An empire for slavery - Slavery, rum, and Romanism - The crime against Kansas - Mudsills and greasy mechanics for A. Originally published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1988. Includes bibliographical references (pages 865-882) This volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war-slavery-and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict: the South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Particularly notable are new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory. It then moves into a chronicle of the war itself, the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War: the Dred Scott decision: the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. In addition, she wants Biko’s ideas to see the light.Xix, 904 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cmįilled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, this fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Woods wife, Wendy, did not like the idea at first.īut, after a tariffing attack on her children by poisoned shirts send to them by anonyms, Wendy changed her mind on the matter and decided that their safety is much important to her. So, after deep consideration of the fact that if he wrote this book he and his family would be in danger, he decided to escape from South Africa. Even though the police are watching and making sure that Wood is not writing the book story of Biko’s life that he wanted, Wood believed that Biko’s ideas must live on. Two securities brought him to their office where Wood was told that he has become a banned citizen and have to stay in the country.in the warrant, Woods was banned for five years. However, the government stopped him at the airport. In addition, he sends Biko’s death photos to England and America demanding the world to investigate. After that, Wood decided that the only way to fight is to travel to America. They even terror other newspapers from writing like the Daily Dispatch. The government wanted to close Woods newspaper, the Daily Dispatch, because of constant conflict with the government and it constant support for black people like Biko.
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