What would have happened to the union, to abraham lincoln, to the people of the north and south, to the world. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. The american civil war was the most devastating event in united states history. The mills of manchester and liverpool were built to turn southern cotton into clothing, which meant that slavery was essential to the industrial revolution. It also provides a helpful reference point to gauge the evolution of civil war memory ov. Churchill penned his contribution during his wilderness years, when he was out of office and working the lecture circuit across america. Sheldon vanauken, in his imagining of a confederate victory at the close of his book the glittering illusion. Jul 19, 2017 hbos confederate will depict alternate timeline where south won us civil war game of thrones creators david benioff and db weiss will write and produce the series, which takes place in the lead. Its economy, pardon the expression, went south, and it failed to convince any major european powers to join the fight on its side. Hbos confederate will depict alternate timeline where. Gettysburg unfolds an alternate path and creates for general robert e. The courage to fight it took a lot of courage for any soldier to fight in the civil war, but it was even more dangerous for black soldiers. How the south could have won the civil war by bevin alexander provides a startling account of how a relatively small number of tactical and strategic mistakes cost the south the warand changed the course of history. If there were such a war, it would fall along lines much different than north and south.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. If the south had won the civil war is a 1961 alternate history book by mackinlay kantor, a writer who also wrote several novels about the american civil war as. The first seven southern states seceded from the union and formed the confederate states of america in february of 1861. By the beginning of the american civil war, the united states was a little more than 50 years of age. An excellent, detailed history of the civil war can be found in james m.
In the war s final months the beaten but not defeated confederate army is presented with weapons that will alter the course of the conflict a substantial number of ak47s. English sympathy for the southern confederacy, actually saw the confederacy becoming part of the british empire, with the result that rather than entering the great war in the rather dilatory fashion arranged by the schoolmasterish president woodrow wilson, southern regiments charged in from the start, ensuring an allied victory in 1916 rather than 1918. Longcore how different would the world be today if the confederate states of america csa had won. A world where the south turns fascist southern victory. The series is a look at what could have happened if the union did not find a copy of robert e. If the south had won the civil war by mackinlay kantor goodreads. It was originally published in the november 22, 1960, issue of look magazine. It was evident both sides wished to gain the support of specific major powers, to enable them to take advantage of both military and. Mcphersons 1988 book, battle cry of freedom, which explains the civil war indepth from the end of the mexican war in 1847 to the tragic assassination of abraham lincoln in 1865. Lees special order 191 and the confederate states go on to win the american civil. American civil war alternate histories are alternate history fiction that focuses on the civil war. In the end, the authors find that the south lacked the will to win, that weak confederate. It changed the entire fate of the nation, and created the america we know today. Notice how the democrats only won those counties t.
Here is my version of how history might have transpired. A provocative book that is sure to stir debate in an election year. James agee and walker evanss lugubrious book let us now. Order of southern victory books the southern victory series, also known as timeline191, is a series of alternate history novels by american author harry turtledove. The secession war in unitedstates, which the americans call civil war, is the most murderous conflict according to the number of us death. The south lost the civil war because of a number of factors. How the south won the civil war heather cox richardson oxford.
Sep 23, 20 why the south lost the civil war although the reasons for the defeat of the confederacy in the american civil war are debated just as energetically as the causes of the war, the answer to the question, why did the south lose the war. Scroll down and join the discussion in the comments section. I did not buy this book, a friend who is crazed about anything related to the civil war subtlety recommend it by putting it in my hand saying really, you will like it. The american civil war, waged from 1861 to 1865, is remembered on this date. In this widely heralded book first published in 1986, four historians consider the popularly held explanations for southern defeatstaterights disputes, inadequate military supply and strategy, and the union blockadeundergirding their discussion with a chronological account of the war s progress. It was released in the united states on september 22, 1992. Hbos confederate will depict alternate timeline where south. Winning a war without money or friends is rather difficult, and the american south had neither.
A the confederate states of america, the united states is annexed by the confederate states and slavery continues up to the present, including a depiction of an electronic slave auction carried on via the internet. On the other hand, for the north to win, the union had to be restored. Check out my forthcoming book, searching for black confederates. The battle of gettysburg has become the great what if of american history. But how that happens is how turtledove makes this interesting. What if the south had won the war between the states. Mar 16, 20 the south still lies about the civil war. Only about a third of the book is about the way the ak47s help the south win the civil war. How the south won the civil war oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of america heather cox richardson.
Jun 30, 2018 this feature is not available right now. Southern victory also called timeline191 after general robert e. Those are the questions that game of thrones creators david benioff and d. The victory, of course, was the work of nazilike racists from the future who provided the south with ak47 assault rifles. The guns of the south is an alternate history novel set during the american civil war by harry turtledove. It generated such a response that it was published in 1961 as a book. Before and during the civil war, the north and south differed greatly on economic issues. If the south had won the civil war mackinlay kantor macmillan. If black soldiers were captured by the confederates while fighting for the union, they were executed or sold back into slavery. The north had a population of more than twentytwo million people to the south s nineandahalf million, of whom threeandahalf million were slaves. Within months of president lincolns inauguration, seven southern states began the secession from the union and declared the confederate states of america. The northern elite wanted economic expansion that would change the southern slaveholding way of life.
The civil war s most persistent myth, which is the first book length analysis of the black confederate myth ever published. There will be no coercion of the southern states by the people of the north. Buy if the south had won the civil war by kantor, mackinlay from amazons fiction books store. In part, this was the result of the war strategies of both sides.
Hbos confederate will depict alternate timeline where south won us civil war game of thrones creators david benioff and db weiss will write and produce the series, which takes place in. How the south won the civil war heather cox richardson. Both north and south in 1861 were largely agricultural regions 72% of the congressional districts in the northern states on the eve of the civil war were farmdominated. The horror of the civil war made it difficult to accept that more fighting might be necessary to secure its gains. Oligarchy, democracy, and the continuing fight for the soul of america. Its a thoughtprovoking essay that anticipates a burgeoning black countermemory that emerged in the pages of popular magazines by 1965. Nov 07, 2001 if the south had won the civil war originally appeared in look magazine nearly half a century ago. Professor of history at the university of missouri, kansas city, and coauthor of why the south lost the civil war. To get a better understanding of how the civil war played out as it did, it is helpful to evaluate the strategies of both the north and the south in the civil war the battles and events that took place were not random encounters or skirmishes but were instead, wellplanned and thoughtout strategies to secure supplies, keep lines of military communication open, prevent wide scale. Published in book form soon after, kantors masterpiece has been unavailable for a decade. The american civil war began in 1861, lasted until 1865, and was ruinous by any standard. From james mcphersons definitive history to tony horwitzs adventures among obsessives, here are the 11 best books on the civil war in time for the. Unconvinced that i would be interested in a civil war battle of anything by newt gingrich for that matter, i took it home.
If the american civil war was fought today, who would. The south during the civil war american memory timeline. To reveal why this happened, how the south won the civil war traces the story of the american paradox, the competing claims of equality and subordination woven into the nations fabric and identity. Catastrophically passive, as though fatally wounded by the civil war, the south has been held back from prosperity. In harry turtledoves southern victory series, the south won the war and its been sixty years of never ending tension between the two former allies, north and south. If the south had won the civil war by mackinlay kantor. How the south could have won the civil war by bevin alexander provides a startling account of how a relatively small number of tactical and strategic mistakes cost the south the war. So just suppose that abraham lincoln had let the south go. If the south had won the civil war and millions of other books are available for instant access. Civil war book list by the new york times far more books have been written about the civil war than about any other event in american history, and lincolns stack of books.
Harry turtledove, who wrote about ten books continuing the history of and later wars between the united and confederate states, wrote the introduction to this edition of mackinlay kantors if the south had won the civil war to acknowledge his debt to. The north rather than the south seceding from the union. Honestly, the concept is brilliantwhite supremacists go back in time, help the south win the civil war with aks, and it just goes on from there. If the south had won the civil war originally appeared in look magazine nearly half a century ago. They had started to develop relationships with all the major powers in europe and the rest of the world. The guns of the south by harry turtledove goodreads. Lees special order 191 and the confederate states go on to win the american civil war. Ok, so not that much of a spoiler, i think thats on the cover. His final judgment on the south, delivered at the end of the book, is this. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. My collaborators and i, in our book why the south lost the civil war, laid out our theory, which is that the south lost the civil war because it didnt really want to win badly enough. According to the authors, the south lost the civil war because southern nationalism was weak, indeed almost nonexistent.
If the south had won the civil war kindle edition by kantor. This split in the fabric of the country began a bitter war, concluding in the death of more than. If the south had won the civil war audiobook by mackinlay. The southern economy was based solely on agriculture. At the nations founding, it was the eastern yeoman farmer who galvanized and symbolized the american revolution. If the south had won the civil war is a 1961 alternate history book by mackinlay kantor, a writer who also wrote several novels about the american civil war as it actually happened. But man, i lost count of the number of times someone said the war was about keeping slaves, only to be shouted down by people saying that no, really it was about freedom and states rights. The south wins the civil war, and slavery still exists as of the present time of the story.
Harry turtledove, who wrote about ten books continuing the history of and later wars between the united and confederate states, wrote the introduction to this. Six books on the civil war these six histories of the civil war that are mustreads if you want to better understand the conflict a group of officers in culpeper, virginia reading. Jul 31, 2017 both north and south in 1861 were largely agricultural regions 72% of the congressional districts in the northern states on the eve of the civil war were farmdominated. The guns of the south evoked that sense of wonder, and also provided a very strong sense of time and place the civil war during and after a confederate victory. Sep 22, 1992 honestly, the concept is brilliantwhite supremacists go back in time, help the south win the civil war with aks, and it just goes on from there. If the south had won the civil war by mackinlay kantor originally published in look magazine in 1960, published as book in 1961 a rebel in time by harry harrison must and shall collected in anthology counting up, counting down, also in volume 32 of the nebula awards series by harry turtledove. Take a look at a map showing the last election results. Sven beckert, in empire of cotton, argues that the civil war, by interrupting the flow of cotton from the south, fuelled global colonialism. Previously, many reasons have been cited for confederate collapse, such as. The essay is a playful study of a civil war counterfactual. If the american civil war was fought today, who would emerge. The war was about slavery, but primarily about its economic consequences. Apr 12, 2015 the american civil war was the most devastating event in united states history.
Most of the fighting during the american civil war took place on southern soil. Lee, with help from stuart, won at gettysburg and carried the south to victory in the war. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers and became an american classic overnight. Even before the civil war, the slave south and the free north werent so. If the south had won the civil war by mackinlay kantor, dan. First, it was inherently weaker in the various essentials to win a military victory than the north. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers, and became an american classic overnight. Richardson is the author of several wellregarded scholarly books, including the greatest nation of the earth 1997, an exceptional study.
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