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• ISBN: 037550494X (acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9780375504945 (acid-free paper)
• Physical Description: xxxix, 958 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.print
• Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
• Publisher: New York : Random House, c2011.
• General Note: Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2010. Subtitle varies -- A Saga of Civil War at home and abroad.
• Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Formatted Contents Note: Cotton is King. The uneasy cousins ; On the best of terms ; "The cards are in our hands" ; Expectations are dashed ; The Rebel yell ; War by other means ; "It takes two to make a quarrel" ; The Lion roars back ; The war moves to England ; The first blow against slavery ; Five miles from Richmond ; The South is rising ; Is blood thicker than water? ; A fateful decision -- Fire all around them. Bloodbath at Fredericksburg ; The missing key to victory ; "The tinsel has worn off" ; Faltering steps of a counterrevolution ; Prophecies of blood and suffering ; The key is in the lock ; The eve of battle ; Crossroads at Gettysburg ; Pressure rising ; Devouring the young ; River of death ; Can the nation endure? -- If only we are spared. Buckling under pressure ; A great slaughter ; "Defiance to her enemies" ; "Can we hold out?" ; The crisis comes ; The tyranny of hope ; "Come retribution" ; "War is cruelty" ; "The British mark on every battle-field" ; "Richmond tomorrow" ; Fire, fire ; "A true-born king of men".

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