Tarnished victory
finishing Lincoln's war
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Author
Publication
2011 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, Massachusetts
Language
English
Word Count
118,250 words, Guess
Page Count
473 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL24827774M
- ISBN-139780547428062
- OCLC Control Number694830060
- OCLC Control Numbertarnishedvictory0000marv
- Library of Congress Control Number2011009156
Classifications
- DDC973.7/3
- LCCE470 .M38 2011
Description
In the course of 1865 the war grows ever more deadly, the home front is stripped to fill the armies, and the economy is crippled by debt and inflation, while the stubborn survival of the Confederacy seriously undermines support for Lincoln's war. In the end, it seems that Lincoln's early critics, who played such a pivotal role in the beginning of the series, are proven correct. Victory did require massive bloodshed and complete conquest of the South. It also required decades of occupation to cement the achievements of 1865, and the ultimate failure of Lincoln's political heirs to carry through with that occupation squandered the most commendable of those achievements, making it ultimately a tarnished victory.
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