Unconditional Surrender: The Failure of Peace Negotiations in the American...
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Pell Center
Date and time
Location
Salve Regina University
O'Hare Academic Building - Bazarsky Lecture Hall
Ochre Point & Shepard Avenue
Newport, RI 02840
Description
John E. McGinty Lecture in History
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Unconditional Surrender:
The Failure of Peace Negotiations in the American Civil War
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Unconditional Surrender:
The Failure of Peace Negotiations in the American Civil War
Most wars in American history have been ended by peace negotiations that led to a treaty between the contending parties: the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, even in some respects the Vietnam War. The two major exceptions are the Civil War and World War II, which ended in unconditional surrender and the utter destruction of the losing side's government and political structure. The lecture will discuss the various efforts for a negotiated peace during the Civil War and will analyze why they failed--indeed, why they really had no chance to succeed.
James M. McPherson, is the George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
James M. McPherson, is the George Henry Davis ’86 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
