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Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War

Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:David DetzerPublish date:4/12/2002Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780156007412ISBN-10:015600741XUPC:9780156007412Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States, Afghan War (2001-2021)Size:9.11 x 6.04 x 1.06 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCPZ853794
Original and deeply human, this tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians, and dedicated soldiers, is a clear and intimate portrait of the prolonged drama that unfolded at Fort Sumter and incited the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861.

The six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. With little help from Washington, D.C., Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy, almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight.

Skillfully re-created from a decade of extensive research, Allegiance exposes the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and the individuals on both sides who changed American history forever.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Mariner BooksISBN-13:9780156007412ISBN-10:015600741XUPC:9780156007412Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United States, Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States, Afghan War (2001-2021)Size:9.11 x 6.04 x 1.06 inchesWeight:0.97Product ID:SCPZ853794
Detzer, David: -

David Detzer is professor emeritus of history with Connecticut State University. He is the author of several books, including Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War; and The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and several dogs.

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David Detzer

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