Battle Cry of Freedom
1984 • 867 pages

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A military, political, and social history of the Civil War.

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9 primary books

#4 in The Oxford History of the United States

The Oxford History of the United States is a 9-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1982 with contributions by Robert Middlekauff, Gordon S. Wood, and Daniel Walker Howe.

#1
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
#2
Empire of Liberty
#3
What Hath God Wrought
#4
Battle Cry of Freedom
#5
The Republic for which it Stands
#7
Freedom from Fear
#8
Grand Expectations
#9
Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush V. Gore
#10
From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776

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Long and somewhat dense. The best parts are excursions into specialized topics, like the role of women or technology differences.

July 24, 2020