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Preparing For War: The Emergence Of The Modern U.S. Army, 1815-1917, Garrett Mckinnon Jan 2017

Preparing For War: The Emergence Of The Modern U.S. Army, 1815-1917, Garrett Mckinnon

Civil War Book Review

War! What is it Good For? - Professional Reform War birthed the United States and the nation has rarely stopped fighting since its inception. During the long nineteenth century, the U.S. stumbled through the War of 1812 against its former colonial ruler, increased its territorial possessions via w....


Dark Work: The Business Of Slavery In Rhode Island, Patrick H. Breen Jan 2017

Dark Work: The Business Of Slavery In Rhode Island, Patrick H. Breen

Civil War Book Review

Tracing Slavery's Tentacles in New England Christie Clark-Pujara's Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island has great ambitions for such a little work. Like many recent historians, Clark-Pujara wants to explore the relationship of slavery and capitalism. One of Clark-Pujara's mai....


American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, And The Crisis Of The 1860s, Evan Rothea Jan 2017

American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, And The Crisis Of The 1860s, Evan Rothea

Civil War Book Review

The 1860s: A Decade of Crisis U.S. historians have long employed the phrase "the Decade of Crisis" to refer to the 1850s. This tumultuous decade began with the Compromise of 1850 and ended when South Carolina seceded from the Union. However, used in this way, "Decade of Crisis" refers principally t....


The Loyal West: Civil War And Reunion In Middle America, Mark M. Carroll Jan 2017

The Loyal West: Civil War And Reunion In Middle America, Mark M. Carroll

Civil War Book Review

Restoring the Nation and Reconciling the Past This book engages a substantial body of scholarship that has emerged in the last quarter century investigating the vexed question of post-Civil War sectional reconciliation. As such, it navigates the currents of scholarly contention presenting this deve....


A War Of Words: The Rhetorical Leadership Of Jefferson Davis, John Sacher Jan 2017

A War Of Words: The Rhetorical Leadership Of Jefferson Davis, John Sacher

Civil War Book Review

Jefferson Davis: Winning Speeches while Losing a War In A War of Words, R. Jarrod Atchison, an associate professor in the Communications Department at Wake Forest University, examines the rhetorical leadership of Jefferson Davis. Specifically, he analyzes how Davis's rhetoric evolved over t....