Battle Cry of Freedom

Posted on 11 August 2017 by James M. McPherson

Filled with fresh interpretations and information, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Battle Cry of Freedom will unquestionably become the standard 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 the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln Douglas debates, John Brown s raid on Harper s Ferry and then moves into a masterful chronicle of the war itself the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, 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. Free Read [ Battle Cry of Freedom ] Author [ James M. McPherson ] – kino-fada.fr Embarking on reading or in this case rerereading McPherson s civil war at 800 plus pages feels like committing to refighting that four year conflict One feels the need of a logistics corps to support the reading effort at the front as the page counts mounts and mounts The book itself particularly in a hardback incarnation is virtually a civil war, it could be lobbed with hostile intent at a passerby, or laid on the ground to make a defensive position or strapped to the chest to protect the hea Embarking on reading or in this case rerereading McPherson s civil war at 800 plus pages feels like committing to refighting that four year conflict One feels the need of a logistics corps to support the reading effort at the front as the page counts mounts and mounts The book itself particularly in a hardback incarnation is virtually a civil war, it could be lobbed with hostile intent at a passerby, or laid on the ground to make a defensive position or strapped to the chest to protect the heart from musket balls or sabre blows.McPherson paints a busy panorama, crowded with details finely drawn a...Being a young history buff, it took me 3 weeks and 3 days to read this That is, 3 weeks of contemplating reading it and proceeding to finish it in 3 days This book is undoubtedly the best 1 volume book on the war that divided and reunited America but ended some of our back then traditions such as slavery In other words, the Civil War It has a good balance of the battles such as Gettysburg and Antietam while it does discuss the social, political, and economic factors that also fueled the war Being a young history buff, it took me 3 weeks and 3 days to read this That is, 3 weeks of contemplating reading it a...It is reported that there are 15,000 books on the Civil War in the Library of Congress, so the natural question is where do you start Further, Most of the seminal Civil War works are volumes and thousands of pages Well in 850 pages, McPherson provides succint, yet thorough historical writing of the highest caliber It unmuddies the waters as...The times, they change so fast, and the Young People Today know nothing of drive ins of paper routes of bizarrely racist street parades Indiana Democrats organized a parade which included young girls in white dresses carrying banners inscribed Fathers, save us from nigger husbands p 159 A Democratic float in a New York parade carried life size effigies of Horace Greeley and a good looking nigger wench, whom he caressed with all the affection of a true Republican A banner proclaimed tha The times, they change so fast, and the Young People Today know nothing of drive ins of paper routes of bizarrely racist street parades Indiana Democrats organized a parade which included young girls in white dresses carrying banners inscribed Fathers, save us from nigger husbands p...If you want detailed discussion of battles, this is not the book for you If you want detailed descriptions of key actors during the Civil War, this will not be the book for you But if you want an all encompassing volume, linking the battles, economic issues, social life, culture, and politics, then this book will be a wonderful resource.Where does the title of the book com...As I have gotten older I have definitely becomeinterested in reading about history, especially books about the Civil War My reading tastes have evolved from someone who only used to read Fantasy to someone who now reads a lot of non fiction Battle Cry of Freedom has been touted as the best SINGLE volume account of the Civil War I have read Shelby Foote s magnum three book, 3,500 page opus, found that to be an amazing experience and one that kept me engrossed for over a year So I picked As I have gotten older I have definitely becomeinterested in reading about history, especially books about the Civil War My reading tastes have evolved from someone who only used to read Fantasy to someone who now reads a lot of non fiction Battle Cry of Freedom has been touted as the best SINGLE volume account of the Civil War I have read Shelby Foote s magnum three book, 3,500 page opus, found that to ... The terms ofpeace and the dimensions of black freedom would occupy the country for a decade orMeanwhile the process of chronicling the war and reckoning with its consequences began immediately after it ended and has never ceased More than 620,000 soldiers lost their lives in four years of conflict 360,000 Yankees and at least 260,000 rebels The number of southern civilians who...Widely acclaimed as the best single volume history of the Civil War around, this is another entry in the Oxford History of the United States, which I am enjoying immensely The preface had an interesting observation though this book covers the shortest span of all the books in the series albeit with some significant overlap , it s one of the longest books in the series The Civil War is the most written about period in American history simply because there s so much history in it, as it did mo Widely acclaimed as the best single volume history of the Civil War around, this is another entry in the Oxford History of the United States, which I am enjoying immensely The preface had an interesting observation though this book covers the shortest span of all the books in the series alb...This work is certainly very extensively researched and annotated and abounds in comments from contemporaries quotations, extracts from diaries etc This is so much the case that it is arguable that McPherson did not so much write a historical account as piece together as produce a series of quotations from eye witnesses and those who lived through events and has interspersed them with a linking narrative and his own biased comments The book is rather like a printed version of popular tv histori This work is certainly very extensively researched and annotated and abounds in comments from contemporaries quotations, extracts from diaries etc This is so much the case that it is arguable that McPherson did not so much write a hi...THE Civil War book Many thanks to the blogging of Ta Nehisi Coates to teach me this fact Reads like Greek myth or Shakespearian tragedy, but with incredible footnotes And with an unbelievably good first 300 pages about the politics that made war inevitable, and which includes evidence that demolishes the idea that some unsullied struggle for states rights was what spawned the secession.All I can think about now is who would play Grant in the movie, and how much of a dick McClellan was, and THE Civil War book Many thanks to the blogging of Ta Nehisi Coates to teach me this fact Reads like Greek myth or Shakespearian tragedy, but with incredible footnotes And with an un...

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11 August 2017

James M. McPherson