Drawn with the Sword: Reflections on the American Civil War by James M. McPherson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; First Edition edition (April 18, 1996) | ISBN: 0195096797 | Pages: 272 | PDF | 10.81 MB
Filled with fresh interpretations, puncturing old myths and challenging new ones, Drawn With the Sword explores such questions as why the North won and why the South lost (emphasizing the role of contingency in the Northern victory), whether Southern or Northern aggression began the war, and who really freed the slaves, Abraham Lincoln or the slaves themselves.