This Great Struggle: America's Civil War

Noted historian Steven E. Woodworth tells the story of what many regard as the defining event in United States history. Woodworth argues that the Civil War had a distinct purpose that was understood by most of its participants: it was primarily a conflict over the issue of slavery.

Author: Steven E. Woodworth
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 10/28/2012
Pages: 424
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781442219878
ISBN10: 1442219874
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military | United States

About the Author
Steven E. Woodworth is professor of history at Texas Christian University and author, co-author, or editor of twenty-seven books. He is a two-time winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award of the New York Civil War Round Table, a two-time finalist for the Peter Seaborg Award of the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War, and a winner of the Grady McWhiney Award of the Dallas Civil War Round Table for lifetime contribution to the study of Civil War history. His most recent book is Manifest Destinies: America's Westward Expansion and the Road to the Civil War.