The Hard Hand of War : Union Military Policy toward Southern Civilians, 1861–1865
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0521462576
ISBN-13
9780521462570
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 26th, 1995
Print length
258 Pages
Weight
543 grams
Dimensions
23.40 x 15.60 x 1.60 cms
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This volume, first published in 1996, fits into an interpretation of the Civil War that questions its status as a 'total war' and emphasizes instead the survival of political logic and control even in the midst of a sweeping struggle for the nation's future.
The Hard Hand of War, first published in 1996, explores the Union army's policy of destructive attacks upon Southern property and civilian morale - how it evolved, what it was like in practice. From an initial policy of deliberate restraint, extending even to the active protection of Southerners' property and constitutional rights, Union armies gradually adopted measures that subjected civilians to the burdens of war. Yet the ultimate 'hard war' policy was far from the indiscriminate fury of legend. Union policy makers emphasised a program of directed severity, and Grimsley demonstrates how and why it worked. Through comparisons with earlier European wars and through the testimony of Union soldiers and Southern civilians alike, he shows that Union soldiers exercised restraint even as they made war against the Confederate civilian population.
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