![]() There are all kinds of myths that a people has about itself, some positive, some negative, some healthy and some not healthy. Americans learned that bitter lesson in Vietnam, and apparently having forgotten it, we're forced to learn it all over again in Iraq." One of McPherson's examples is the American Civil War, in which both the Union and the Confederacy sought regime change. "For at least the past two centuries, nations have usually found it harder to end a war than to start one. One essay describes the huge difficulty of negotiation when regime change is a war aim on either side of a conflict. McPherson published This Mighty Scourge in 2007, a series of essays about the American Civil War. ![]() In 2002, he published both a scholarly book, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam 1862, and a history of the American Civil War for children, Fields of Fury. McPherson's 1998 book, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, received the Lincoln Prize. ![]() His 1990 book, Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution argues that the emancipation of slaves amounts to a second American Revolution. In 1988, he published his Pulitzer-winning book, Battle Cry of Freedom. ![]() ![]() His works include The Struggle for Equality, awarded the Anisfield-Wolf Award in 1965. McPherson joined the faculty of Princeton in 1962. Panel discussion hosted by the American Historical Association on the career of James McPherson, January 8, 2012, C-SPAN McPherson speaking at the American Historical Association annual meeting in January 2014. ![]()
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