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War at Every Door: Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869

Door Noel C. Fisher

Categorie
Verenigde Staten & Canada
Boeknummer
#380239-UB20
Titel
War at Every Door: Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869
Auteur
Fisher, Noel C.
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
University of North Carolina Press
Jaar van uitgave
2001
ISBN10
080784988X
ISBN13
9780807849880
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, small maps, 8vo.
Samenvatting
One of the most divided regions of the Confederacy, East Tennessee was the site of fierce Unionist resistance to secession, Confederate rule, and the Southern war effort. It was also the scene of unrelenting 'irregular,' or guerrilla, warfare between Union and Confederate supporters, a conflict that permanently altered the region's political, economic, and social landscape. In this study, Noel Fisher examines the military and political struggle for control of East Tennessee from the secession crisis through the early years of Reconstruction, focusing particularly on the military and political significance of the region's irregular activity. Fisher portrays in grim detail the brutality and ruthlessness employed not only by partisan bands but also by Confederate and Union troops under consta... (Lees verder)nt threat of guerrilla attack and government officials frustrated by unstinting dissent. He demonstrates that, generally, guerrillas were neither the romantic, daring figures of Civil War legend nor mere thieves and murderers, but rather were ordinary men and women who fought to live under a government of their choice and to drive out those who did not share their views.
Pagina's
250
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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