{"product_id":"lincoln-and-the-first-shot-9780881334982","title":"Lincoln and the First Shot","description":"\u003cp\u003eEncapsulating the important political and military issues on the eve of the Civil War! Lincoln had hoped to realize his firm determination to preserve the Union through peaceful and nonprovocative measures. However  he was willing to accept war if he could avoid the blame for having started it. As events turned out  he was no more the aggressor than was Jefferson Davis. In these pages  Current retraces step by step the influences and events that shaped Lincolns controversial April policy  beginning with the new presidents rather furtive arrival in Washington and concluding with the mobilization for war. The Sumter question  as the author points out  \"reflects and in turn casts light upon the national tradition of avoiding the first shot. It concerns the events that led directly to the Civil War  the greatest of wars from the American point of view. And it involves problems of historical evidence and interpretation that have more fascination than even the best of ordinary puzzles.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646693924917,"sku":"ByrdShop_0881334987","price":58.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780881334982.jpg?v=1781677392","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/lincoln-and-the-first-shot-9780881334982","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}