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Author |
: Howard Jones |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 317 |
Release |
: 2017-10-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807873977 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807873977 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Union in Peril by : Howard Jones
Jones studies the crisis in Anglo-American relations during the Civil War and its impact on the South's attempt to win foreign support during the crucial years of 1861 and 1862. He argues that the central issue was the possibility that Britain would grant diplomatic recognition to the Confederacy, a move that would have legitimized secession and undermined the Constitution. Originally published in 1992. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
Author |
: Dennis E. Frye |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 292 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0985411902 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780985411909 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (02 Downloads) |
Synopsis September Suspense by : Dennis E. Frye
In September 1862, the United States had been ripped apart by a civil war entering its 18th month and it was the nation's, and Mr. Lincoln's, most trying period, as Gen. Robert E. Lee invaded Union soil, panicking cities, destroying political alliances and causing the North to reconsider whether it was best to redouble its war efforts or give up and let the South pursue its own course. The author looks at a cache of newspapers from this time to demonstrate just how fragile the national bond had become by the autumn of 1862
Author |
: Howard Jones |
Publisher |
: Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages |
: 433 |
Release |
: 2010-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807898574 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807898570 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis Blue and Gray Diplomacy by : Howard Jones
In this examination of Union and Confederate foreign relations during the Civil War from both European and American perspectives, Howard Jones demonstrates that the consequences of the conflict between North and South reached far beyond American soil. Jones explores a number of themes, including the international economic and political dimensions of the war, the North's attempts to block the South from winning foreign recognition as a nation, Napoleon III's meddling in the war and his attempt to restore French power in the New World, and the inability of Europeans to understand the interrelated nature of slavery and union, resulting in their tendency to interpret the war as a senseless struggle between a South too large and populous to have its independence denied and a North too obstinate to give up on the preservation of the Union. Most of all, Jones explores the horrible nature of a war that attracted outside involvement as much as it repelled it. Written in a narrative style that relates the story as its participants saw it play out around them, Blue and Gray Diplomacy depicts the complex set of problems faced by policy makers from Richmond and Washington to London, Paris, and St. Petersburg.
Author |
: Daniel Stashower |
Publisher |
: Minotaur Books |
Total Pages |
: 291 |
Release |
: 2013-01-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250023322 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250023327 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Hour of Peril by : Daniel Stashower
"It's history that reads like a race-against-the-clock thriller." —Harlan Coben Daniel Stashower, the two-time Edgar award–winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl, uncovers the riveting true story of the "Baltimore Plot," an audacious conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln on the eve of the Civil War in THE HOUR OF PERIL. In February of 1861, just days before he assumed the presidency, Abraham Lincoln faced a "clear and fully-matured" threat of assassination as he traveled by train from Springfield to Washington for his inauguration. Over a period of thirteen days the legendary detective Allan Pinkerton worked feverishly to detect and thwart the plot, assisted by a captivating young widow named Kate Warne, America's first female private eye. As Lincoln's train rolled inexorably toward "the seat of danger," Pinkerton struggled to unravel the ever-changing details of the murder plot, even as he contended with the intractability of Lincoln and his advisors, who refused to believe that the danger was real. With time running out Pinkerton took a desperate gamble, staking Lincoln's life—and the future of the nation—on a "perilous feint" that seemed to offer the only chance that Lincoln would survive to become president. Shrouded in secrecy—and, later, mired in controversy—the story of the "Baltimore Plot" is one of the great untold tales of the Civil War era, and Stashower has crafted this spellbinding historical narrative with the pace and urgency of a race-against-the-clock thriller. A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2013 Winner of the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Winner of the 2013 Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Winner of the 2014 Anthony Award for Best Critical or Non-fiction Work Winner of the 2014 Macavity Award for Best Nonfiction
Author |
: Gary W. Gallagher |
Publisher |
: Harvard University Press |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2011-04-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780674045620 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0674045629 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Union War by : Gary W. Gallagher
In a searing analysis of the Civil War North as revealed in contemporary letters, diaries, and documents, Gallagher demonstrates that what motivated the North to go to war and persist in an increasingly bloody effort was primarily preservation of the Union.
Author |
: Howard Jones |
Publisher |
: U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages |
: 268 |
Release |
: 1999-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0803225822 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780803225824 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom by : Howard Jones
No one has fully examined Lincoln's impact on Civil War diplomacy, particularly as it derived from his constantly evolving views toward slavery and the way these ideas fitted into his concept of the Union. In 1945 Jay Monaghan published his classic work, A Diplomat in Carpet Slippers: Abraham Lincoln Deals with Foreign Affairs, but it rested almost entirely on American sources and reflected both a Union and a Lincoln bias. Moreover, Monaghan brought insufficient focus to Lincoln's efforts to tie antislavery to the creation of a better Union. This gap in the historiography of the period proviedes the rationale for this book. - Prologue.
Author |
: Hinton Rowan Helper |
Publisher |
: BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages |
: 425 |
Release |
: 2023-04-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783382319571 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3382319578 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Impending Crisis of the South by : Hinton Rowan Helper
Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Author |
: Andre Fleche |
Publisher |
: Univ of North Carolina Press |
Total Pages |
: 220 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780807835234 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0807835234 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (34 Downloads) |
Synopsis Revolution of 1861 by : Andre Fleche
The Revolution of 1861
Author |
: Randall G. Holcombe |
Publisher |
: Independent Institute |
Total Pages |
: 312 |
Release |
: 2019-09-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781598133349 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1598133349 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Liberty in Peril by : Randall G. Holcombe
When the United States was born in the revolutionary acts of 1776, Americans viewed the role of government as the protector of their individual rights. Thus, the fundamental principle underlying the new American government was liberty. Over time, the ideology of political "democracy"—the idea that the role of government is to carry out the "will of the people," as revealed through majority rule—has displaced the ethics of liberty. This displacement has eroded individual rights systematically and that history is examined in Liberty in Peril by Randall Holcombe in language accessible to anyone. The Founders intended to design a government that would preclude tyranny and protect those individual rights, and the Bill of Rights was a clear statement of those rights. They well understood that the most serious threat to human rights and liberty is government. So, the Constitution clearly outlined a limited scope for government and set forth a form of governance that would preserve individual rights. The federal government's activities during two world wars and the Great Depression greatly increased government's involvement in people's lives. By the time of Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society," the depletion of rights and the growth of the activities of political democracy was complete. By the end of the 20th Century the fundamental principle underlying the U.S. government was now political power and not liberty. Public policy was oriented toward fulfilling the majority rule with the subsequent increase in government power and scope. Holcombe argues that economic and political systems are not separate entities but are intimately intertwined. The result is a set of tensions between democracy, liberty, a market economy, and the institutions of a free society. All those interested in the evolution of American government, including historians, political scientists, economists, and legal experts, will find this book compelling and informative.
Author |
: Susanna Michele Lee |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 269 |
Release |
: 2014-04-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781107015326 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1107015324 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Claiming the Union by : Susanna Michele Lee
This book examines Southerners' claims to loyal citizenship in the reunited nation after the American Civil War. Southerners - male and female; elite and non-elite; white, black, and American Indian - disagreed with the federal government over the obligations citizens owed to their nation and the obligations the nation owed to its citizens. Susanna Michele Lee explores these clashes through the operations of the Southern Claims Commission, a federal body that rewarded compensation for wartime losses to Southerners who proved that they had been loyal citizens of the Union. Lee argues that Southerners forced the federal government to consider how white men who had not been soldiers and voters, and women and racial minorities who had not been allowed to serve in those capacities, could also qualify as loyal citizens. Postwar considerations of the former Confederacy potentially demanded a reconceptualization of citizenship that replaced exclusions by race and gender with inclusions according to loyalty.