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The Peace That Almost Was
The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War
Mark Tooley
Livre relié | Anglais
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Description
A narrative history of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference, the bipartisan, last-ditch effort to prevent the Civil War, an effort that nearly averted the carnage that followed.
In February 1861, most of America's great statesmen--including a former president, dozens of current and former senators, Supreme Court justices, governors, and congressmen--came together at the historic Willard Hotel in a desperate attempt to stave off Civil War.
Seven southern states had already seceded, and the conferees battled against time to craft a compromise to protect slavery and thus preserve the union and prevent war. Participants included former President John Tyler, General William Sherman's Catholic step-father, General Winfield Scott, and Lincoln's future Treasury Secretary, Salmon Chase--and from a room upstairs at the hotel, Lincoln himself. Revelatory and definitive, The Peace That Almost Was demonstrates that slavery was the main issue of the conference--and thus of the war itself--and that no matter the shared faith, family, and friendships of the participants, ultimately no compromise could be reached.
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Contenu
- Nombre de pages :
- 320
- Langue:
- Anglais
Caractéristiques
- EAN:
- 9780718022235
- Date de parution :
- 14-07-15
- Format:
- Livre relié
- Format numérique:
- Genaaid
- Dimensions :
- 145 mm x 231 mm
- Poids :
- 476 g
