Jumat, 29 September 2017

American History Book Review: America Aflame

America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation by David Goldfield; Bloomsbury Press Did evangelical religion cause the Civil War? This fascinating book’s emphatic answer: Yes. America, its settlers and founders believed, was God’s City on a Hill. As the nation looked west, its God-given Manifest Destiny led to war with Mexico, whence it …

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