Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War by Detzer, David
Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War by Detzer, David

Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War

Original and deeply human, this tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians,...
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Author: David Detzer
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Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War by Detzer, David

Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War

$71.74
Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War by Detzer, David

Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War

$71.74
Author: David Detzer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
Original and deeply human, this tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians, and dedicated soldiers, is a clear and intimate portrait of the prolonged drama that unfolded at Fort Sumter and incited the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861.

The six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. With little help from Washington, D.C., Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy, almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight.

Skillfully re-created from a decade of extensive research, Allegiance exposes the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and the individuals on both sides who changed American history forever.


Author: David Detzer
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 04/01/2002
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.04w x 1.06d
ISBN: 9780156007412


Review Citation(s):
Kliatt 09/01/2002 pg. 38

About the Author
Detzer, David: - David Detzer is professor emeritus of history with Connecticut State University. He is the author of several books, including Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War; and The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and several dogs.
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