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

by Allen C. Guelzo

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199843287
• ISBN13: 9780199843282
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"