The Great Task Remaining: The Third Year of Lincoln's War - Couverture rigide

Marvel, William

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 061899064X ISBN 13 : 9780618990641

Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010

Synopsis

The Great Task Remaining is a striking, often poignant portrait of people balancing their own values—rather than ours—to determine whether the horrors attending Mr. Lincoln’s war were worth bearing in order to achieve his ultimate goals. 

As 1863 unfolds, we see the disaster at Chancellorsville, the battle of Gettysburg, and the end of the siege of Vicksburg. Then, astonishingly, the Confederacy springs vigorously back to life after the Union triumphs of the summer, setting the stage for Lincoln’s now famous speech on the Pennsylvania battlefield. Without abandoning the underlying sympathy for Lincoln, Marvel makes a convincing argument for the Gettysburg Address as being less of a paean to liberty than an appeal to stay the course in the face of rampant antiwar sentiment. 

The Great Task Remaining offers a provocative history of a dramatic year—a year that saw victory and defeat, doubt and riot—as well as a compelling story of a people who clung to the promise of a much-longed-for end.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Great Task Remaining is a striking, often poignant portrait of people balancing their own values—rather than ours—to determine whether the horrors attending Mr. Lincoln’s war were worth bearing in order to achieve his ultimate goals. 

As 1863 unfolds, we see the disaster at Chancellorsville, the battle of Gettysburg, and the end of the siege of Vicksburg. Then, astonishingly, the Confederacy springs vigorously back to life after the Union triumphs of the summer, setting the stage for Lincoln’s now famous speech on the Pennsylvania battlefield. Without abandoning the underlying sympathy for Lincoln, Marvel makes a convincing argument for the Gettysburg Address as being less of a paean to liberty than an appeal to stay the course in the face of rampant antiwar sentiment. 

The Great Task Remaining offers a provocative history of a dramatic year—a year that saw victory and defeat, doubt and riot—as well as a compelling story of a people who clung to the promise of a much-longed-for end.

Revue de presse

For Mr. Lincoln Goes to War:
"This timely book scrapes away the cobwebs from a fantasy of history that was neither noble or glorious, only bloody."-- Dayton Daily News "Lively, fact-filled volume . . . No one interested in military tactics and skirmishes will be diapoointed with Marvel's opinionated, fast-paced story." -- Oregonian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 061899064X
• ISBN 13: 9780618990641
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 464
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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