![]() ![]() ![]() "McPherson has compiled a series of thoughtful essays on some of the most thought-provoking questions of the Civil War. These pieces provide a lively reminder that the best scholarship is also often a pleasure to read."-The New York Times Book Review McPherson is exact, convincing, and judicious. Whether he is discussing the persistent appeal of the Civil War, tracing the manner in which a war of limited goals evolved into the first total war, evaluating competing theories on the causes of the Confederate defeat, or explaining the genesis of Ulysses S. "These essays present some very complex ideas in vigorous, succinct prose. McPherson is uniformly interesting and, to the general reader's eternal relief, both lucid and uncondescending."-Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post "Not merely is McPherson the leading living historian of the Civil War, but he is a scholar whose knowledge and authority are unsurpassed when McPherson speaks, even in a minor key, people listen. "McPherson takes the latest professional thinking on the war and gives it clear and popular shape."-American Heritage McPherson is exact, convincing, and judicious."-The New York Times Book Review "These essays present some very complex ideas in vigorous, succinct prose.Mr. "Not merely is McPherson the leading living historian of the Civil War, but he is a scholar whose knowledge and authority are unsurpassed when McPherson speaks, even in a minor key, people listen."-The Washington Post ![]()
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