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Tarnished Victory
William Marvel
其他書名
Finishing Lincoln's War
出版HMH, 2011-11-15
主題History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)History / Military / United StatesBiography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State
ISBN05476077929780547607795
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=u4JsHIjDRjEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋A “full and insightful” account of the Civil War’s final year from the award-winning author of Lee’s Last Retreat (Publishers Weekly).

Beginning with the Virginia and Atlanta campaigns of May 1864 and closing with the final surrender of Confederate forces in June 1865, Tarnished Victory follows the course of the Civil War’s final year. As the death toll rises with each bloody battle, the home front is devastated and the nation suffers incredible losses on both sides of the political divide.
 
Victory in the North required great sacrifice, and here, “first-rate scholar,” William Marvel considers what that sacrifice was worth in the aftermath of 1865, as Abraham Lincoln’s political heirs failed to carry through on the occupation of the South, resulting in a tarnished victory (Booklist).
 
Just as he did in Mr. Lincoln Goes to War, Lincoln’s Darkest Year, and The Great Task Remaining, the prize-winning historian has drawn on personal letters, newspaper articles of the time, and official documents and records to create an illuminating work of revisionist history that ultimately considers the true cost of Lincoln’s war.