The Calculus of Violence : : How Americans Fought the Civil War /

The Calculus of Violence : : How Americans Fought the Civil War / / 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...

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The Calculus of Violence : How Americans Fought the Civil War / Aaron Sheehan-Dean.
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2018]
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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
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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.
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Violence United States History 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). bisacsh
POWs.
battlefield ethics.
civilian casualties.
civilians during wartime.
hard war.
home front.
imprisonment.
just war.
military ethics.
prisoners of war.
total war.
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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
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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
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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
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