Let Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A: Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1991. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover in FINE Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Mylar jacket cover. 339 pages. Jacket is rubbed, else Fine. Black cloth turquoise titled, very clean and unmarked; tight and solid. Interior also fine. Deals with the interpenetration of military and political factors in grant's generalship during both war and the postwar formulation of a reconstruction policy. Grant tried to secure in peace what he won in war, trying to avoid piolitical entanglements. He assumed an active role in policymaking to protect blacks, Southern Unionists, and army personnel from violence. He ran for president in 1868 and was president from 1869-1877.
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