| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
"Gettysburg Civil War Institute books"--Page [ii]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index. |
| Contents |
Toward Sumter and Pearl: comparing the origins of the Civil War and World War II / Robert V. Bruce -- Grant and Eisenhower / Stephen E. Ambrose -- Military intelligence: unmasking those fearsome apparitions / Peter Maslowski -- Battle in two wars: the combat soldier's perspective / Gerald F. Linderman -- Gendering two wars / D'Ann Campbell, Richard Jensen -- Fighting on two fronts: war and the struggle for racial equality in two centuries / Ira Berlin -- War and the constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
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To preserve a nation: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt as wartime diplomatists / Howard Jones -- Retelling the tale: wars in common memory / Michael C.C. Adams -- The necessity of force: the Civil War, World War II, and the American view of war / Russell F. Weigley. |
| Summary |
* The first direct comparison of America's participation in its two most significant wars - the Civil War and World War II; A group of prominent historians provide an illuminating comparison of the two wars in a number of central areas. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1945 |
| Indexed Term |
Civil wars History |
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World War 2 |
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United States |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Boritt, G. S., 1940-
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Ambrose, Stephen E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: War comes again. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 019508845X (DLC) 94036511 (OCoLC)31376325 |
| ISBN |
1429406267 (electronic book) |
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9781429406260 (electronic book) |
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128052734X |
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9781280527340 |
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019508845X (Cloth) |
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9780195088458 |
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