{"product_id":"a-great-civil-war-a-military-and-political-history-1861-1865-9780253217066","title":"A Great Civil War: A Military and Political History, 1861-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The crowning achievement of one of America's most distinguished military historians.\" --Lincoln Prize jury\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Readers will find much to debate in this book--including . . . its affirmation that, because of emancipation, 'the Civil War calls for a rethinking of the attitude . . . that war is always futile, that its rewards never match its cost, that any conflict [must be] immediately decisive and virtually without loss of American lives.'\" --Gary W. Gallagher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell F. Weigley (1930-2004) was Professor of History at Temple University and author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe American Way of War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEisenhower's Lieutenants: The Campaign of France and Germany, 1944-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (both published by IUP). He lived in Philadelphia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460073525522,"sku":"9780253217066","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46103068-7413-402a-8ac9-1404267655b9.jpg?v=1730025533","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-great-civil-war-a-military-and-political-history-1861-1865-9780253217066","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}