Jeremi Suri
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Civil War by Other Means, Jeremi Suri, shows how the victory of the Union was never secure and the resistance to it began immediately. Key Confederate figures fled to exile in Mexico after their defeat and returned when they could safely resume their former lives once the threat of Northern domination had been quashed. Many antebellum influences and attitudes lived on secretly, and their creeping influence gradually overwhelmed Lincoln's vision...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A bold new history of the American presidency, arguing that the successful presidents of the past created unrealistic expectations for every president since JFK, with enormously problematic implications for American politics" -- From Amazon.com summary.