The Legacy of the Civil War
Subtitle: Meditations on the Centennial
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Description: Out of Robert Penn Warren's long interest in, and study of, the Civil War has come this penetrating essay on how the conflict shaped modern America. There is almost no facet of our lives today that does not owe its present character in some measure to the Civil War. Writing about its influence on our economy, our social institutions, our domestic politics and foreign policy, our philosophy and psychology, Mr. Warren applies the past to the present in such a way as to throw new light on many crucial current problems.