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W. Fitzhugh Brundage W. Fitzhugh Brundage A Fate Worse than Hell (Hardback). Author: W. Fitzhugh Brundage, W. Fitzhugh Brundage. Title: A Fate Worse than Hell. Format: Hardback. Item Weight: 661g. Item Width: 36mm. Language: English. Release Date: 02/24/2026. Topic: Military History, Law & Politics. Further DetailsTitle: A Fate Worse than Hell Condition: New Description: It is newly estimated that 750,000 soldiers died in the American Civil War but less well known is that roughly 400,000 were captured and imprisoned–a milestone in the history of mass dehumanisation. Many POWs died from starvation, dysentery and exposure, and at the worst of the prison pens, more than 30,000 soldiers were caged. A Fate Worse Than Hell contemplates the roots and consequences of this mass incarceration from America’s bloodiest conflict. Based on first-person prisoner accounts, photographs and contemporaneous journalism, W. Fitzhugh Brundage shows how POW camps were politicised by stalled negotiations and escalating retaliation between the Union and the Confederacy. Brundage also shows how prisons such as were the catalyst for the country’s first formal laws of war, which became a bedrock for international law. A Fate Worse Than Hell exposes this national violence that imprisoned more Americans during wartime than ever before or since. Author: W. Fitzhugh Brundage, W. Fitzhugh Brundage Format: Hardback ISBN-10: 0393541096 EAN: 9780393541090 ISBN: 9780393541090 Genre: History Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 236mm Item Length: 160mm Subtitle: American Prisoners of the Civil War Publisher: WW Norton & Co Topic: Military History, Law & Politics Release Date: 02/24/2026 Language: English Item Width: 36mm Item Weight: 661g Type: 19th Century Release Year: 2026 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
