{"product_id":"allegiance-fort-sumter-charleston-and-the-beginning-of-the-civil-war-9780156007412","title":"Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War","description":"Original and deeply human, this tense and surprising story, filled with indecisive bureaucrats, uninformed leaders, hotheaded politicians, and dedicated soldiers, is a clear and intimate portrait of the prolonged drama that unfolded at Fort Sumter and incited the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe six-month-long agony that began with Lincoln's election in November sputtered from one crisis to the next, and finally exploded as the soldiers at Sumter neared starvation. With little help from Washington, D.C., Major Robert Anderson, a soldier whose experience had taught him above all that war is the poorest form of policy, almost single-handedly forestalled the beginning of the war until he finally had no choice but to fight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSkillfully re-created from a decade of extensive research, \u003ci\u003eAllegiance \u003c\/i\u003eexposes the passions that led to the fighting, the sober reflections of the man who restrained its outbreak, and the individuals on both sides who changed American history forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156007412\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 6.04w x 1.06d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2002 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Detzer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635005878428,"sku":"9780156007412","price":22.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_dc66d11e-901b-487b-b1d5-f8bcbcc3957f.jpg?v=1603838269","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/allegiance-fort-sumter-charleston-and-the-beginning-of-the-civil-war-9780156007412","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}