Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction

Title: Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction Author: Allen C Guelzo ISBN: 9780199843282 Publisher: Oxford University Press Published: 2012 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher American History 1623193 Publisher Description: The Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges. In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Prize-