The Debate on the American Civil War EraA historiographical examination of treatments of the Civil War from those that were engaged in it to those of the 1990s. The author argues for the centrality of racial assumptions both in the actual conflict and in conflicting interpretations. He traces how the historians' attitudes and assumptions were partly dictated by time and place and points to an overarching theme of the suppression of the centrality of race in the period following the end of Reconstruction in 1877 and before the emergence of the Civil Rights movement of the 1950s. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Both armies suffered from soldiers taking extended furloughs or deserting . On 1
August 1863 President Davis issued the first of three amnesties in the hope of
getting his soldiers back to the front . But to little avail , for by late 1864 50 per
cent ...
Both armies suffered from soldiers taking extended furloughs or deserting . On 1
August 1863 President Davis issued the first of three amnesties in the hope of
getting his soldiers back to the front . But to little avail , for by late 1864 50 per
cent ...
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The congressional Committee on the Conduct of War tended to distrust
professional soldiers and preferred political appointees , while Lincoln had
always to keep politics in mind and make military appointments , such as Hooker
, Banks ...
The congressional Committee on the Conduct of War tended to distrust
professional soldiers and preferred political appointees , while Lincoln had
always to keep politics in mind and make military appointments , such as Hooker
, Banks ...
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Only recently have interesting studies of combat stress compared the Civil War
soldier with those who fought in ... 000 letters from soldiers and 1 , 000 diaries
and discerned no dominant ideology which led soldiers on either side to fight .
Only recently have interesting studies of combat stress compared the Civil War
soldier with those who fought in ... 000 letters from soldiers and 1 , 000 diaries
and discerned no dominant ideology which led soldiers on either side to fight .
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