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In addition to receiving widespread praise for this new work, adam is a longtime friend of the trust and the author of the landmark april 2005 national geographic article, saving civil war battlefields. The civil war trust recently had an opportunity to sit down with adam goodheart, author of the national best seller 1861. Historians debating the origins of the american civil war focus on the reasons why seven southern states followed by four more after the onset of the war declared their secession from the united states, why they united to form the confederate states of america simply known as the confederacy, and why the north refused to let them go. Is there a more direct link or where can that be found on the link for your book.
Starr center for the study of the american experience at washington college and is the author of 1861. Later, in his sevenvolume history of the united states from the compromise of 1850 to the civil war 18931900, james ford rhodes identified slavery as the centraland virtually onlycause of the civil war. Adam goodheart is a historian, essayist, and journalist. For me, this is the case with adam goodhearts 1861. The art of war by sun tzu download free pdf book here.
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