{"product_id":"civil-war-by-other-means-jeremi-suri-9781541758544","title":"Civil War by Other Means: America's Long and Unfinished Fight for Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Civil War may have ended on the battlefield, but the fight for equality never did\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1865, the Confederacy was comprehensively defeated, its economy shattered, its leaders in exile or in jail. Yet in the years that followed, Lincoln's vision of a genuinely united country never took root. Apart from a few brief months, when the presence of the Union army in the South proved liberating for newly freed Black Americans, the military victory was squandered. Old white supremacist efforts returned, more ferocious than before. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eCivil War by Other Means\u003c\/i\u003e, Jeremi Suri shows how resistance to a more equal Union began immediately. From the first postwar riots to the return of Confederate exiles, to the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, to the highly contested and consequential election of 1876, Suri explores the conflicts and questions Americans wrestled with as competing visions of democracy, race, and freedom came to a vicious breaking point. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What emerges is a vivid and at times unsettling portrait of a country striving to rebuild itself, but unable to compromise on or adhere to the most basic democratic tenets. What should have been a moment of national renewal was ultimately wasted, with reverberations still felt today. The recent shocks to American democracy are rooted in this forgotten, urgent history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremi Suri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541758544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541758544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.29w x 1.13d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2022","brand":"Jeremi Suri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981826949375,"sku":"9781541758544","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0aba9d94-c38d-4260-ab92-90ab164f5fed.jpg?v=1683257741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/civil-war-by-other-means-jeremi-suri-9781541758544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}