The Civil War in the United States - Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

A republished version of the 1937 International Publishers book The Civil War in the United States, containing newspaper articles and correspondence by Marx and Engels dealing with the American Civil War.

Contents:

Part I: Articles from the New York Daily Tribune (1861-1862)
Part II: Articles from the Vienna Presse (1861-1862)
Part III: Correspondence between Karl Marx and Frederick Engels (1860-1866)

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marx_engels_us_civil_war.pdf (1.76 MB)

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A 2016 version of this by

A 2016 version of this by International Publishers is here, https://www.intpubnyc.com/product/the-civil-war-in-the-united-states/

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