{"product_id":"cry-havoc-the-crooked-road-to-civil-war-1861-paperback","title":"Cry Havoc!: The Crooked Road to Civil War, 1861 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNelson Lankford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"compact, engrossing narrative\"* that vividly reimagines the events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What separates historian Nelson D. Lankford's engaging examination of the causes of the Civil War from other books on the subject is its willingness to consider the alternative possibilities to history. \u003ci\u003eCry Havoc!\u003c\/i\u003e recounts in riveting detail the small quirks of timing, character, and place that influenced the huge trajectory of events during eight critical weeks from Lincoln's inauguration through the explosion at Fort Sumter and the embattled president's response to it. It addresses the what-ifs, the might-have-beens, and the individual personalities that played into circumstances-a chain of indecisions and miscalculations, influenced by swollen vanity and wishful thinking-that gave shape to the dreadful conflict to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNelson Lankford edits \u003cb\u003eThe Virginia Magazine of History and Biography\u003c\/b\u003e, the quarterly journal of the Virginia Historical Society. A resident of Richmond, he is the co-editor of \u003cb\u003eEye of the Storm\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eImages from the Storm\u003c\/b\u003e and author of \u003cb\u003eThe Last American Aristocrat.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.41 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47343410905273,"sku":"9780143112792","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0686\/4309\/4713\/files\/ni7RavjIDG9780143112792.webp?v=1780512633","url":"https:\/\/thoobo.com\/products\/cry-havoc-the-crooked-road-to-civil-war-1861-paperback","provider":"Thoobo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}