This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War (Hardcover) by James M McPherson

from buffalogr

The book is a series of essays on subjects about the American civil war. Several of them are about people, including Lincoln, John Brown, Jeff Davis and Jessie James. Those were the most interesting. Some of the political discussions were down right boring. The author did provide some new insight...

from buffalogr

The book is a series of essays on subjects about the American civil war. Several of them are about people, including Lincoln, John Brown, Jeff Davis and Jessie James. Those were the most interesting. Some of the political discussions were down right boring. The author did provide some new insight...

from NickHowes

Great collection of 16 essays by a leading Civil War historian addressing the ruthless rewriting of history and brainwashing of the Lost Cause myth, attempts to negotiate an end of the Civil War, the myths about Jesse James, habeas corpus and other legal issues facing Lincoln, the team of Grant a...

from dougwood57

With 'This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War' James McPherson demonstrates once again why he is America's foremost Civil War historian. McPherson serves up sixteen essays for your delectation (most of which have been previously published elsewhere). McPherson arranges his essays aroun...

from carterchristian1

With over 600,000 Americans killed in this terrible war, the question, as it is with most wars, remains...Why ? These short essays provide some answers to these questions. An excellent book.