The Confederate Dirty War: Arson, Bombings, Assassination and Plots for Chemical and Germ Attacks on the Union

ISBN-13: 9780786419739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 184 str.

Jane Singer

Opis

They echo modern headlines - a shadowy underground organization orchestrating plans to bring down the government; bands of saboteurs slipping in from Canada to attempt coordinated acts of destruction; plans to poison water supplies and spread deadly diseases among the urban populace - but these and similar incidents were part of a Confederate strategy to wreak terror and consternation upon the North during the Civil War. Elements within the Confederacy, acting officially or otherwise, developed-and attempted-numerous plans to inflict terror and death upon the Union populace and bring down the government using a variety of unconventional means. These efforts are an overlooked and important aspect of the Confederate strategy during the Civil War.