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The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865
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The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865 Hardcover - 1996

by GRIMSLEY, Mark

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Grimsley explores the Union army's policy of destructive attacks upon Southern property and civilian morale. From an initial policy of deliberate restraint, Union armies gradually adopted measures that were expressly intended to demoralize Southern civilians and to ruin the Confederate economy. Grimsley presents the most thorough treatment of the subject to date. Photos.

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Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Grey cloth with metallic blue spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 244pp. Maps, illustrations. Fine/fine. A pristine and tight reprint edition.
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  • Title The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865
  • Author GRIMSLEY, Mark
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 258
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Date 1996
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 43447
  • ISBN 9780521462570 / 0521462576
  • Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 6.28 x 0.82 in (23.77 x 15.95 x 2.08 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress subjects Confederate States of America - History, United States - History - Civil War,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95022808
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973.713

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The Hard Hand of War explores the Union army's policy of destructive attacks on Southern property and civilian morale - how it evolved, what it was like in practice. From an initial policy of deliberate restraint, extending even to the active protection of Southerners' property and constitutional rights, Union armies gradually adopted measures that were expressly intended to demoralize Southern civilians and to ruin the Confederate economy. Yet the ultimate "hard war" policy was far from the indiscriminate fury of legend. Union policymakers promoted a program of directed severity - and Professor Grimsley demonstrates how and why it worked.

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