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02205aam a2200397 i 4500 001 F5A6B01C3F1711E98434DF6697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190305011820 008 180122t20182018maua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018001864 020 $a 0674984226 020 $a 9780674984226 035 $a (OCoLC)1020311613 040 $a MH/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d BDX $d ERASA $d TOH $d HLS $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IUL $d NYP $d YUS $d UKMGB $d CHVBK $d OBE $d OCLCO $d MOU $d GZN $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E468 S35 2018 100 1 $a Sheehan-Dean, Aaron Charles, $e author. 245 14 $a The calculus of violence : $b how Americans fought the Civil War / $c Aaron Sheehan-Dean. 264 1 $a Cambridge, Massachusetts : $b Harvard University Press, $c 2018. 300 $a 465 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-446) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction : The puzzle of the Civil War -- Who can make war? -- The rising of the people -- Soldiers and citizens -- Kindling the fires of liberty -- Unnecessary violence -- Discipline, order, and justice -- Children of God -- The importance of states -- Conclusion : The double-edged sword. 520 $a Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.-- $c Provided by publisher. 611 27 $a American Civil War (1861-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351658 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 651 0 $a United States $x Historiography. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Historiography. 650 0 $a Violence $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 648 7 $a 1800-1899 $2 fast 941 $a 4 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093202.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214014550.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190502023225.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20190323010959.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F5A6B01C3F1711E98434DF6697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search