Civil War History and Controversy: An Interview with Chandra Manning

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What was the Civil War all about? Do you know about the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850? Have you ever tried to unravel all the aspects of the Civil War?

Learn what Chandra Manning, author of What This Cruel War Was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War has to say as she studied diligently on the subject when you read the WeE-book™ . . .Civil War History and Controversy: An Interview With Chandra Manning By Karen Braun

Chandra Manning, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, received an M.Phil. from the National University of Ireland, Galway, and took her Ph.D. at Harvard in 2002. She has lectured in history at Harvard and taught at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. Currently, she is assistant professor of history at Georgetown University and lives in Alexandria, Virginia, with her husband and son. Sift through these hard-hitting topics:

• Why the war was fought
• The states’ rights argument
• The mindset of the Southern male
• The mindset of the Union soldier
• Letting go of assumptions
• The growth of slavery in the U.S.
• Abraham Lincoln’s views

Gain new insight and perspective on the controversial subject of the Civil War.