The Civil War and the Limits of Destruction

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ISBN: 9780674045958 | 0674045955
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Copyright: 5/10/2010

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The Civil War is often portrayed as the most brutal war in America's history, a premonition of twentieth-century slaughter and carnage. In challenging this view, Mark Neely considers the war's destructiveness in a comparative context, revealing the sense of limits that guided the conduct of American soldiers and statesmen. Book jacket.

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Introduction: Destructiveness in the Civil War	p. 1
The Mexican-American War: Republicanism and the Ethos of War	p. 6
Price's Raid: Limited War in Missouri	p. 41
Emperor Maximilian's Black Decree: War in the Tropics	p. 72
The Shenandoah Valley: Sheridan and Scorched Earth	p. 109
The Sand Creek Massacre: The Grand Burning of the Prairie	p. 140
Avenging Andersonville: Retaliation and the Political Uses of Hatred	p. 170
Conclusion: The Cult of Violence in Civil War History	p. 198
Notes	p. 221
Selected Bibliography	p. 253
Acknowledgments	p. 267
Illustration Sources	p. 269
Index	p. 271
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