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A world on fire Britain's crucial role in the American Civil War
Record details
- ISBN: 9780679603979 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0679603972 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780345529794 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0345529790 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xxxix, 958 p., [39] p. of plates) : ill., maps. - Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, c2010.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Allen Lane"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cotton is king -- The uneasy cousins -- On the best of terms -- "The cards are in our hands!" -- Expectations are dashed -- The Rebel yell -- War by other means -- "It takes two to make a quarrel" -- The lion roars back -- The war moves to England -- The first blow against slavery -- Five miles from Richmond -- The South is rising -- Is blood thicker than water? -- A fateful decision -- Fire all around them -- Bloodbath at Fredericksburg -- The missing key to victory -- "The tinsel has worn off" -- Faltering steps of a counterrevolution -- Prophecies of blood and suffering -- The key is in the lock -- The eve of battle -- Crossroads at Gettysburg -- Pressure rising -- Devouring the young -- River of death -- Can the nation endure? -- If only we are spared -- Buckling under pressure -- A great slaughter -- "Defiance to her enemies" -- "Can we hold out?" -- The crisis comes -- The tyranny of hope -- "Come retribution" -- "War is cruelty" -- "The British mark on every battle-field" -- "Richmond tomorrow" -- Fire, fire -- "A true-born king of men." |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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