Book contents
- With Ballots and Bullets
- With Ballots and Bullets
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to Partisan Warfare
- 2 The Roots of Partisan Civil War
- Part I Mobilizing Partisan Warfare
- 3 The Press Goes to War
- 4 Filling the Ranks
- Part II Ballots in a Partisan Civil War
- Part III Legacies of Partisan Violence
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
3 - The Press Goes to War
Partisan Advocacy & Resistance
from Part I - Mobilizing Partisan Warfare
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 October 2020
Book contents
- With Ballots and Bullets
- With Ballots and Bullets
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1 An Introduction to Partisan Warfare
- 2 The Roots of Partisan Civil War
- Part I Mobilizing Partisan Warfare
- 3 The Press Goes to War
- 4 Filling the Ranks
- Part II Ballots in a Partisan Civil War
- Part III Legacies of Partisan Violence
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 3 shows how polarized elites guided partisan followers on the war and its elections with nationally representative content analysis from 24 newspapers in the loyal states. I find large partisan gaps in war support, enlistment advocacy, and rhetoric that rationalized support and direct participation in the war’s violence. The newspapers also show extreme partisan vilification within the North, which helps support my claim that partisanship defined contentious Civil War politics, beyond the primary partisan violence inaugurated by the rebellion.
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- With Ballots and BulletsPartisanship and Violence in the American Civil War, pp. 53 - 74Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020