TY - BOOK ID - 137598412 TI - The war that forged a nation PY - 2015 SN - 0199375798 019937578X 9780199375783 9780199375790 9780199375776 0199375771 PB - New York, NY DB - UniCat KW - War and society KW - Social change KW - History. KW - United States KW - History KW - Influence. KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Social aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137598412 AB - More than 140 years ago, Mark Twain observed that the Civil War had ""uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national character that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three generations."" In fact, five generations have passed, and Americans are still trying to measure the influence of the immense fratricidal conflict that nearly tore the nation apart. In The War that Forged a Nation, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James M. McPherson considers why the Civil War remains so deeply embedded in our national psyche and identity. ER -