{"product_id":"let-us-have-peace-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-politics-of-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1868-9780807846292","title":"Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorians have traditionally drawn distinctions between Ulysses S. Grant's military and political careers. In \u003ci\u003eLet Us Have Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, Brooks Simpson questions such distinctions and offers a new understanding of this often enigmatic leader. He argues that during the 1860s Grant was both soldier and politician, for military and civil policy were inevitably intertwined during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. According to Simpson, Grant instinctively understood that war was 'politics by other means.' Moreover, he realized that civil wars presented special challenges: reconciliation, not conquest, was the Union's ultimate goal. And in peace, Grant sought to secure what had been won in war, stepping in to assume a more active role in policymaking when the intransigence of white Southerners and the obstructionist behavior of President Andrew Johnson threatened to spoil the fruits of Northern victory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrooks D. Simpson is professor of history and humanities at Arizona State\u003cbr\u003eUniversity and the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eUlysses S. Grant: \u003cbr\u003eTriumph Over Adversity\u003c\/i\u003e, and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSherman's Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52179920945426,"sku":"9780807846292","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_623a7b3b-b194-4f68-a094-2db30a22685e.jpg?v=1775640401","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/let-us-have-peace-ulysses-s-grant-and-the-politics-of-war-and-reconstruction-1861-1868-9780807846292","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}