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Martial Metaphors : Soldiers' Perspectives on the Civil War.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : University Press of America, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (380 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780761867913
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Martial MetaphorsDDC classification:
  • 973.7/8
LOC classification:
  • E491 -- .F736 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Homeric Call to Arms -- 2 Road to Thermopylae -- 3 Chaotic Absurdity -- 4 Conspiracy -- 5 War as a Career Opportunity -- 6 Melodramatic Messianism, Punishment and Retribution -- 7 Revolutionary War -- 8 Sophoclean Tragedy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This book invites the reader to embark with the soldiers and civilians on their journey into the murderous events of the Civil War. Drawing on letters, diaries, recent books and articles in history, and multidisciplinary sources, it places the events in a broader perspective.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Homeric Call to Arms -- 2 Road to Thermopylae -- 3 Chaotic Absurdity -- 4 Conspiracy -- 5 War as a Career Opportunity -- 6 Melodramatic Messianism, Punishment and Retribution -- 7 Revolutionary War -- 8 Sophoclean Tragedy -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

This book invites the reader to embark with the soldiers and civilians on their journey into the murderous events of the Civil War. Drawing on letters, diaries, recent books and articles in history, and multidisciplinary sources, it places the events in a broader perspective.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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