Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why The Union Won And The Confederacy Lost At Home And Abroad HIST 119: The Civil War And Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 podcast

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Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why the Union Won and the Confederacy Lost at Home and Abroad

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This lecture probes the reasons for confederate defeat and union victory. Professor Blight begins with an elucidation of the loss-of-will thesis, which suggests that it was a lack of conviction on the home front that assured confederate defeat, before offering another of other popular explanations for northern victory: industrial capacity, political leadership, military leadership, international diplomacy, a pre-existing political culture, and emancipation. Blight warns, however, that we cannot forget the battlefield, and, to this end, concludes his lecture with a discussion of the decisive Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July of 1863.

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Lecture 18 - "War So Terrible": Why the Union Won and the Confederacy Lost at Home and Abroad

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877

published 6+ y ago

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Indhold leveret af Open Yale Courses - David Blight. Alt podcastindhold inklusive episoder, grafik og podcastbeskrivelser uploades og leveres direkte af Open Yale Courses - David Blight eller deres podcastplatformspartner. Hvis du mener, at nogen bruger dit ophavsretligt beskyttede værk uden din tilladelse, kan du følge processen beskrevet her https://da.player.fm/legal.

This lecture probes the reasons for confederate defeat and union victory. Professor Blight begins with an elucidation of the loss-of-will thesis, which suggests that it was a lack of conviction on the home front that assured confederate defeat, before offering another of other popular explanations for northern victory: industrial capacity, political leadership, military leadership, international diplomacy, a pre-existing political culture, and emancipation. Blight warns, however, that we cannot forget the battlefield, and, to this end, concludes his lecture with a discussion of the decisive Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in July of 1863.

… continue reading

27 episoder

#Higher Education #Podcasting Education #Open Yale Courses - David Blight #Civil #War #David #Blight #Open #Yale #Course

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