The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era ecws and a surpassingly eloquent champion

and a surpassingly eloquent champion of national unity

Douglass’s writings also reveal how three personal interactions between these two great men led to powerful feelings of friendship and mutual admiration

The result was one failed campaign after another

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The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era ecws and a surpassingly eloquent championWinner of the Wiley Silver Prize Cecily N. Zanders The Army under Fire is a pathbreaking study focusing on the fierce political debates over the size and use of military forces in the United States during the Civil War era. It examines how prominent political figures interacted with the professional army and how those same leaders misunderstood the value of regular soldiers fighting to reunify the fractured nation. Release date: February 2024