The Calculus of Violence

How Americans Fought the Civil War

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military
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Author: Aaron Sheehan-Dean ISBN: 9780674916319
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: November 5, 2018
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Aaron Sheehan-Dean
ISBN: 9780674916319
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: November 5, 2018
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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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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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