A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War, 1861-1865?second Edition, with a New Preface

by Phillip Shaw Paludan

Book Overview

"This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form, and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men. . . . to afford all, an unfettered start, and a fair chance, in the race of life."--Abraham Lincoln

Chosen by Civil War magazine as one of the 200 best books on the war, Phillip Paludan's acclaimed work was the first book since...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700608125
• ISBN13: 9780700608126
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 8.5"