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A sturdy onevolume study of americas role in world war i. The words that remade america 1992, american author and journalist garry wills dissects the 272word gettysburg address delivered to union soldiers by president abraham lincoln during the american civil war, identifying the ideas and texts that influenced the writing of one of the most famous. There is not much coverage of battles, but rather the political maneuverings on how the us got involved in the war and public reactions to the war. The words that remade america by garry wills online at alibris.

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