Съдържание:
  • Destructiveness in the Civil War
  • The Mexican-American War: republicanism and the ethos of war
  • Price's Raid: limited war in Missouri
  • Emperor Maximilian's Black Decree: war in the tropics
  • The Shenandoah Valley: Sheridan and the scorched earth
  • The Sand Creek Massacre: the grand burning of the prairie
  • Avenging Andersonville: retaliation and the political uses of hatred
  • The cult of violence in Civil War history.