TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frank,Joseph Allan
TI  - Martial Metaphors: Soldiers' Perspectives on the Civil War
SN  - 9780761867913
AV  - E491 -- .F736 2016eb 
U1  - 973.7/8 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Blue Ridge Summit
PB  - University Press of America, Incorporated
KW  - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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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