The Legacy of the Civil War
Subtitle: Meditations on the Centennial
By: by Robert Penn Warren.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 109
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
Description: The celebrated novelist and historian asks why the Civil War has been so perennially fascinating to Americans. In a sweeping and thoughtful survey of our cultural history, Robert Penn Warren suggests that a part of the answer can be found in the philosophical and political consequences of becoming a modern nation and world power, and a part lies in the realization of unsolved problems and unfulfilled ideals.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1961.