James M. McPherson
Born: 10-10-1936
James M. McPherson is a renowned American historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, celebrated for his expertise on the American Civil War. A professor emeritus at Princeton University, he has penned numerous influential works, including "Battle Cry of Freedom." His scholarly contributions have significantly shaped contemporary understanding of Civil War history, earning him a reputation as one of the foremost experts in the field.
Book summaries for books written by James M. McPherson
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The war of the Union was still a war for Union, not yet a war for freedom.
The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.
The American Civil War was the most deadly and arguably the first modern war.
The Civil War was the turning point in the making of modern America.
The Civil War was a social and economic revolution.
The Civil War was the climax of the age of democratic revolution.
The Civil War was the second American Revolution, and the Emancipation Proclamation was the revolution's moral climax.
The Civil War turned hundreds of thousands of slaves into the masters of their own fate.
The Civil War was a crucible in which the American nation was reforged.
The Civil War was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads.
The Civil War was America's bloodiest conflict, its cost the greatest in both human and material terms.
The Civil War is our felt history, and it is a history that is still living.