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The Civil-War Lack-of-system, a Four-thousand-million Record of Legislative Incompetence Tending to General Political Corruption
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ISBN13: 9781021406903
Publisher: Legare Street Pr
Published: Jul 18 2023
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Take a critical look at the political failures of the American Civil War with this scathing indictment. Charles Francis Adams highlights the numerous ways in which legislative incompetence and corruption undermined the war effort, providing a sobering reminder of the dangers of governmental ineptitude.
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