The Calculus of Violence : : How Americans Fought the Civil War / / Aaron Sheehan-Dean.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Sheehan-Dean, Aaron,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (430 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction: The Puzzle of the Civil War --; 1. Who Can Make War? --; 2. The Rising of the People --; 3. Soldiers and Citizens --; 4. Kindling the Fires of Liberty --; 5. Unnecessary Violence --; 6. Discipline, Order, and Justice --; 7. Children of God --; 8. The Importance of States --; Conclusion: The Double-Edged Sword --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Illustration Credits --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674916302; 9783110606621
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674916302
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Aaron Sheehan-Dean.

Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.