Now featuring a new Afterword by the author, this handy paperback edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom is without question the definitive one-volume history of the Civil War.
James McPherson's fast-paced narrative fully integrates the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Packed with drama and analytical insight, the book vividly recounts the momentous
episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. From there it moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering by each side, the politics, and the personalities.
Particularly notable are McPherson's new views on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.
The book's title refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union
founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's
bloodiest conflict.
This authoritative volume makes sense of that vast and confusing "second American Revolution" we call the Civil War, a war that transformed a nation and expanded our heritage of liberty.
0 有用 庄常飞 2010-10-26 20:51:23
在看过的三本美国牛津史中,这本比较NB,and that's saying something
2 有用 你来人间一趟 2020-07-17 13:29:42
"Historical writing of the highest order." 经典大作,原以为会是慢慢啃完,没想到像读小说一样,对我这样狂热但业余的历史爱好者来说特别友好,太精彩了!"Well, I think there’re a lot of people like me who want to get back to a simpler time: sandlot baseball,... "Historical writing of the highest order." 经典大作,原以为会是慢慢啃完,没想到像读小说一样,对我这样狂热但业余的历史爱好者来说特别友好,太精彩了!"Well, I think there’re a lot of people like me who want to get back to a simpler time: sandlot baseball, Cowboys and Indians, and the Civil War." 哈哈哈! (展开)
0 有用 壞人 2012-08-12 15:50:12
終於讀完了,這個大部頭! 比較有意思的兩個地方:共和黨拼了老命解放了黑人,結果黑人當了民主黨的總統。好像他們不把revolution當褒義詞,Davis反复強調,北方才是revolution,他們是counterrevolution,作為中國人真心難適應啊。
0 有用 KevinZ 2021-11-12 01:04:49
American Political Development这门课的教材之一。确实篇幅很长,但也确实精彩,是大家手笔。
0 有用 suicide bunny 2023-08-09 08:06:59 山东
非常棒的一卷本美内。篇幅确实有点限制,64-65年战役叙述的比较简洁,因为还要加上这两年政治,外交的事。整体角度很丰富
0 有用 suicide bunny 2023-08-09 08:06:59 山东
非常棒的一卷本美内。篇幅确实有点限制,64-65年战役叙述的比较简洁,因为还要加上这两年政治,外交的事。整体角度很丰富
0 有用 KevinZ 2021-11-12 01:04:49
American Political Development这门课的教材之一。确实篇幅很长,但也确实精彩,是大家手笔。
0 有用 照叶 2021-01-13 20:26:51
我恐怕再也不能欣赏《飘》了……虽然以“人民主权”来否定州权并不能说服我,南北双方在战争中也同样犯下可怖的罪行,但是奴隶主和种族主义者(后者比前者的人数要多得多)的残酷丑恶盲目愚蠢自大实在是让我要吐了。最后李的投降和格兰特的受降总算是挽回了一些体面。本书脉络清晰,叙事简明,朗读者语速偏慢,非常适合聆听。
0 有用 celeste321 2020-12-24 07:03:42
经典的美国历史教科书。 真实生动,摆明事实减少个人立场。少结论多信息。还能说什么呢。如果你想了解南北内战史。这一本必读。 (可以当茶余饭后的闲读小品,也可以正襟危坐的仔细研读,不管如何,都有收获)
2 有用 你来人间一趟 2020-07-17 13:29:42
"Historical writing of the highest order." 经典大作,原以为会是慢慢啃完,没想到像读小说一样,对我这样狂热但业余的历史爱好者来说特别友好,太精彩了!"Well, I think there’re a lot of people like me who want to get back to a simpler time: sandlot baseball,... "Historical writing of the highest order." 经典大作,原以为会是慢慢啃完,没想到像读小说一样,对我这样狂热但业余的历史爱好者来说特别友好,太精彩了!"Well, I think there’re a lot of people like me who want to get back to a simpler time: sandlot baseball, Cowboys and Indians, and the Civil War." 哈哈哈! (展开)