{"product_id":"what-they-fought-for-1861-1865-9780385476348","title":"What They Fought for 1861-1865","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom--\u003c\/i\u003ean impressive scholarly tour de force and a lively, highly accessible account of the sentiments of both Northern and Southern soldiers during the national trauma of the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry Of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, James M. McPherson presented a fascinating, concise general history of the defining American conflict. With \u003ci\u003eWhat They Fought For\u003c\/i\u003e, he focuses his considerable talents on what motivated the individual soldier to fight. In an exceptional and highly original Civil War analysis, McPherson draws on the letters and diaries of nearly one thousand Union and Confederate soldiers, giving voice to the very men who risked their lives in the conflict. His conclusion that most of them felt a keen sense of patriotic and ideological commitment counters the prevailing belief that Civil War soldiers had little or no idea of what they were fighting for. In their letters home and their diaries--neither of which were subject to censorship--these men were able to comment, in writing, on a wide variety of issues connected with their war experience. Their insights show how deeply felt and strongly held their convictions were and reveal far more careful thought on the ideological issues of the war than has previously been thought to be true. Living only eighty years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Civil War soldiers felt the legacy and responsibility entrusted to them by the Founding Fathers to preserve fragile democracy--be it through secession or union--as something worth dying for. In \u003ci\u003eWhat They Fought For\u003c\/i\u003e, McPherson takes individual voices and places them in the great and terrible choir of a country divided against itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James M. McPherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.32w x 0.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780385476348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e143060 \/ What They Fought for 1861-1865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJAMES M. McPHERSON\u003c\/b\u003e is best known for his classic work on the American Civil War, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. He is a professor in the Department of History at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43333154406515,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":25.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_39cd86a7-f2fc-45ce-8d9b-8e3bc26294c9.jpg?v=1754657772","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/what-they-fought-for-1861-1865-9780385476348","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}