The War for a Nation by Susan-Mary Grant

The War for a Nation by Susan-Mary Grant

The War for a Nation provides a brief introduction to the American Civil War from the perspective of all who participated in the conflict. It draws examples from primary source documents, first-hand accounts, and scholarly research.

"With admirable style, Susan-Mary Grant has given us the best brief history of the American Civil WarShe combines a balanced and wide-ranging perspective with revealing first-hand testimony. The result is a narrative that is useful and engaging on every facet of this complex drama."

— Edward L. Ayers, author of In the Presence of Mine Enemies: War in the Heart of America, 1859-1863 and The Promise of the New South: Life after Reconstruction

"In this engaging and fast-paced study of the crux of American history, Susan-Mary Grant interweaves concise narrative and assured analysis to produce a work which properly puts the battle-field to the fore, but which never loses sight of the larger context and the war's significance in national construction. It is an admirable achievement."

—Richard Carwardine, author of Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power

"Susan-Mary Grant's impressive War for a Nation clears a fresh path through the debris—both material and intellectual—of America's most destructive conflict."

—Charles Joyner, author of Down by the Riverside: A South Carolina Slave Community

Susan-Mary Grant is Reader in American History at the Newcastle University, UK. She is the author North Over South: Northern Nationalism and AmericanIdentity in the Antebellum Era (Kansas 2000) and the editor of Legacy of Disunion (LSU 2003). She is editor of American Nineteenth Century History (Taylor and Francis), and on the steering committee of ARENA (Association for Research into Ethnicity and Nationalism in the Americas) based at the Walker Institute, University of South Carolina.

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ISBN 13	9780415979900
ISBN 10	0415979900
Title	The War for a Nation
Author	Susan Mary Grant
Series	Warfare And History
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2006-08-04
Number of pages	280
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