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Publication Date: 05/10/2010

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  • Introduction: Destructiveness in the Civil War
  • 1. The Mexican–American War: Republicanism and the Ethos of War
  • 2. Price’s Raid: Limited War in Missouri
  • 3. Emperor Maximilian’s Black Decree: War in the Tropics
  • 4. The Shenandoah Valley: Sheridan and Scorched Earth
  • 5. The Sand Creek Massacre: The Grand Burning of the Prairie
  • 6. Avenging Andersonville: Retaliation and the Political Uses of Hatred
  • Conclusion: The Cult of Violence in Civil War History
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Sources
  • Index

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