The Union Divided

Informationen zum Autor Mark E. Neely! Jr.! is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era! Pennsylvania State University! and the author of a number of books! including his Pulitzer prize-winning The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties. Klappentext Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark E. Neely! Jr.! vividly recounts the surprising story of political conflict in the North during the Civil War. Examining party conflict as viewed through the lens of the developing war! Neely dismantles the argument long established in Civil War scholarship that the survival of the party system in the North contributed to its victory. Zusammenfassung Examining party conflict as seen through the lens of the developing war, the excesses of party patronage, the impact of wartime elections, the highly partisan press, and the role of the loyal opposition, Neely dismantles the longstanding argument in Civil War scholarship that the survival of the party system in the North contributed to its victory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction 1. "No party now but all for our country" Political Parties and the Public Safety 2. "Blustering treason in every assembly" The Revolt against Politics in 1863 3. "He must be entrenching" Political Parties and the Death of Strategy 4. "Odious to honourable men" The Press and Its Freedom in the Civil War 5. "Times of corruption and demoralization" The Futility of a Loyal Opposition 6. "Paroxysms of rage and fear" The Republican Part at War 7. "The Civil War and the Two-Party System" A Reconsideration Notes Index

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Mark E. Neely, Jr., is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era, Pennsylvania State University, and the author of a number of books, including his Pulitzer prize-winning The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark E. Neely, Jr., vividly recounts the surprising story of political conflict in the North during the Civil War. Examining party conflict as viewed through the lens of the developing war, Neely dismantles the argument long established in Civil War scholarship that the survival of the party system in the North contributed to its victory.

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Examining party conflict as seen through the lens of the developing war, the excesses of party patronage, the impact of wartime elections, the highly partisan press, and the role of the loyal opposition, Neely dismantles the longstanding argument in Civil War scholarship that the survival of the party system in the North contributed to its victory.

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Preface Introduction 1. "No party now but all for our country" Political Parties and the Public Safety 2. "Blustering treason in every assembly" The Revolt against Politics in 1863 3. "He must be entrenching" Political Parties and the Death of Strategy 4. "Odious to honourable men" The Press and Its Freedom in the Civil War 5. "Times of corruption and demoralization" The Futility of a Loyal Opposition 6. "Paroxysms of rage and fear" The Republican Part at War 7. "The Civil War and the Two-Party System" A Reconsideration Notes Index