America Goes to War: The Civil War and Its Meaning in American Culture

by Bruce Catton

Publisher:

Wesleyan University Press

, 2022

The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian “ranges informally but authoritatively” across Civil War-related topics in a thought-provoking essay collection (The New York Times).

Based on a lecture series delivered at Wesleyan University, these essays come from Bruce Catton, a New York Times–bestselling and National Book Award–winning author acclaimed as “one of America’s foremost Civil War authorities” (Kirkus Reviews). In them, he delves more deeply into the subject of the war and its meaning for America—addressing such issues as the psychology of the citizen soldier; the presidential career of Ulysses S. Grant; and what happens to civil liberties in wartime. He explores how the war compelled the nation to confront questions about race and democracy, and places the conflict in a wider context, identifying it as the world’s first truly modern war.

“Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton.” —The Baltimore Sun

Product Details

• Title: America Goes to War: The Civil War and Its Meaning in American Culture
• Author: Bruce Catton
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Print Publication Date: 2022
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9780819571878, 9780819560162, 0819560162, 0819571873
• Resource ID: LLS:9780819571878
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-03T19:53:36Z

About Bruce Catton

Bruce Catton (1899–1978) was a Pulitzer Prize–winning author, historian, and journalist. He served in the navy during World War I and was the director of information for the War Production Board during World War II. Catton’s military and government experience inspired his first book, TheWar Lords of Washington, and he is best known for his acclaimed works on the Civil War, including Mr. Lincoln’s Army and Glory Road. His most celebrated Civil War history, A Stillness at Appomattox, won both the National Book Award for Nonfiction and the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1954. Catton was also the founding editor of American Heritage magazine. Among his other works are Grant Moves South; Grant Takes Command; and a three-part chronicle endorsed by the US Civil War Centennial Commission, The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, and Never Call Retreat.