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Book SynopsisTakes a holistic and integrative approach to strategy, operations, and tactics during the Korean War's stalemate period and demonstrates how these matters shaped each other and influenced, or were influenced by, political and strategic policy decision-making.Trade Review“Korean Showdown links the tactical, operational, and strategic levels for the two Koreas, the US, and the People’s Republic of China. For the first time in an English language work, this book shows the Chinese side of this dynamic and how it interacted with the American side on all three levels.” —William M. Donnelly, author of Under Army Orders: The Army National Guard during the Korean War“Dr. Gibby offers one of the best US military history studies on the Korean War by successfully examining how the US Army applied total war experience and training to a new limited war and accomplished Washington’s Cold War political goal in East Asia. A milestone in US military history research of the Korean War. He focuses on the US war strategy and operations of 1952, the most forgotten year of the ‘forgotten war.’ His well-researched study provides a better understanding of the military historiography of the Korean War and essential to understanding general trends in military cultures of the United States. It is highly recommended.” —Xiaobing Li, author of A History of the Modern Chinese Army “Bryan Gibby has made a major contribution to military history with this detailed description of an often-forgotten year in an often-forgotten war. Yet this experience trying to apply coercion in a limited war 70 years ago is still very relevant to the problems of contemporary war termination. Scholars and soldiers, as well as policy makers, will profit from reading this thoughtful book.” —Conrad C. Crane, author of American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950-1953

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Book SynopsisRecounts the volatile period following the end of the Civil War, when Southern whites were forced to concede equal rights to former slaves, ushering in a new and ruthless brand of politics. Nowhere was this more evident than in Alabama, where the Republican Party reestablished itself with the participation of a newly freed constituency.Trade Review“I enjoyed reading this detailed, informative, and lively account of Alabama’s Reconstruction saga. Rogers’s dedication shows." —Ben H. Severance, author of A War State All Over: Alabama Politics and the Confederate Cause"William Warren Rogers Jr. has redeemed a critical period of Alabama history too long distorted by racist Bourbon mythology. Prodigiously researched, nicely paced, and evenly balanced, "Reconstruction Politics in a Deep South State" is a landmark study." —John S. Sledge, author The Mobile River, These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War, and The Gulf of Mexico: A Maritime History

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Book SynopsisThe only Confederate ship to circumnavigate the globe. The Confederate cruiser Shenandoah was the last of a group of commerce raiders deployed to prey on Union merchant ships. Ordered to the Pacific Ocean to greatly damage and disperse the Yankee whaling fleet in those waters, the Shenandoah's successful pursuit of her quarry compared favourably with the exploits of the more celebrated Alabama and Florida but has never been as well known because it coincided with the war's end and the Confederacy's downfall. It was, however, one of the best documented naval expeditions from England to the Indian Ocean, Australia and the South Pacific, the Bering Sea, San Francisco, and finally to port in Liverpool during the Civil War. The ship's log and Captain James Waddell's notes are well preserved, and a number of the Shenandoah's officers kept detailed journals of the entire voyage. One of the most significant journals, by Lieutenant William Whittle, is presented here, with annotations fromTrade Review“The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah is an invaluable primary source about what life was like on board a Confederate commerce raider and the kind of men who sailed on them.” Journal of Southern History“Students of the Confederate Navy will want this volume for its detailed observations of an historic, albeit strategically sterile, cruise and its insights into the personnel and operations of the service. For others, it will provide both authentic seagoing adventure and food for thought on the nature of command at sea.” Civil War Book Review“All told, The Voyage of the CSS Shenandoah is a good read, very well annotated, and a must for anyone interested in Civil War or Confederate naval history. It will no doubt take a rightful place as a cornerstone volume in the study of Confederate naval history.” International Journal of Naval History

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Book SynopsisBuilding upon the current scholarship of the Civil War and the Midwest, Michigan’s War is a history as told by the state’s residents in private letters, newspapers, and other sources. Clear annotations and thoughtful editing allow students to delve into the political, social, and military context of the war, making it ideal for classroom use.Trade Review“(M)ore than soldiers‘ stories and the usual ’greatest hits‘ of Michigan in the war…. (Michigan’s War is) an excellent collection of real, mainly contemporaneous documents…. (T)here are also heart-breaking and troubling views here that reflect Michigandlers’ ambivalence over the war and abolition, and out-and-out racism…. Any serious reader of the state’s history in the Civil War will not want to leave this book to college students.” * Civil War Book Review *

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Book SynopsisMany of the original essays in this volume began as papers presented at an international conference on Constitutional Democracy. Contributors reassess and add to historians' understanding of the full scope of the causes and consequences of what came to be known as the Missouri Crisis, on a regional and national basis.Trade Review“This book will reset the standard by which historians understand the Missouri Crisis, the politics of slavery, and the Early National era more broadly. The editors did an outstanding job of bringing together scholars who approach the topic from a variety of perspectives, and in doing so, not only re-center the Missouri Crisis historiographically, but offer compelling new lenses through which all historians will need to consider the political history of slavery and anti-slavery in the early United States.”— Ryan A. Quintana, Wellesley College, author of Making a Slave State: Political Development in Early South Carolina

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Book SynopsisJohn Potts Slough, the Union commander at the Battle of Glorieta Pass, lived a life of relentless pursuit for success that entangled him in the turbulent events of mid-nineteenth-century America. Recounting Slough's timeless story of rise and fall during America's most tumultuous decades, Richard Miller brings to life this extraordinary figure.

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Book SynopsisA masterful account of the Civil War's turning point in the tradition of James McPherson's Crossroads of Freedom.Trade Review"Slotkin has produced an absorbing revisionist history of what could be called the second American Revolution." "An absorbing account... Slotkin paints a detailed portrait of the talented but flawed general who helped Lincoln bring about his revolution, if ever so unwillingly... Slotkin's description of the battle is essential to completing his meticulous, maddening portrait of McClellan." -- John Swansburg "Slotkin does an excellent job of tracing the strategies used by both sides." "Richard Slotkin has added significantly to the literature... Slotkin evokes drama and, where appropriate, dark humor in recalling what became an extraordinary test of civilian authority over the military... Slotkin is an accomplished social historian (and novelist) with a focus on war and race, and he brings all his considerable skills to bear in this book. What makes even his unsurprising conclusions unfold at such a gripping pace is his great gift for narrative. It is as if Carl Sandburg were writing again-but with footnotes-for the author is a master at telling a story, capturing a mood, bringing characters to life, and making substantive and well-documented historical points in the bargain." -- Harold Holzer "Slotkin tells a great story and for those interested in battle narratives, I have little doubt that you will enjoy his narration of Antietam... Slotkin does a great job laying out this conflict and how Lincoln managed to rid himself of the McClellan problem, issue the Emancipation Proclamation, and turn the Civil War into a holy war that ended slavery. Notably, Slotkin notes that the alleged international reasons for the Emancipation Proclamation are vastly overrated and it had little to no effect on British or French policy toward the conflict... The Long Road to Antietam will change how I teach the first two years of the war. In my world, that's a pretty high compliment." -- Erik Loomis "A remarkable piece of work, an eye-opening double history of a battle and a war." -- Randy Dotinga "A riveting, perceptive analysis of the Civil War campaigns of 1862, of the reasoning behind the Emancipation Proclamation and of the complex power struggle between President Abraham Lincoln and the 35-year-old Union Commander of the Army of the Potomac, Gen. George B. McClellan... This is one of the most moving and incisive books on the Civil War that I have ever read." -- Chris Patsilelis "Starred review. Historian Slotkin moves from his path-breaking studies of America's cultural mythology of violence to a set piece of real-life carnage in this gripping, multifaceted history of the Civil War's bloodiest day... Grounding military operations in political calculation and personal character, Slotkin gives us perhaps the richest interpretation yet of this epic of regenerative violence." "Throughout the book, the author exhibits his vast knowledge of the numerous generals involved in both sides of the conflict. Slotkin's comprehensive descriptions of the battles of 1862 show his deep understanding of the terrain, the difficulties of communication, the impossible logistics and the characters that influenced the outcome. The author deftly exposes his egocentric, messianic tendencies as he purposely prolonged the beginning of the conflict." "This is much more than another treatise on the battle itself. Yes, the movements and countermovements on the battlefield are there, but this sprawling book has multi-faceted tentacles which Slotkin, an award winning author and former university professor, skillfully weaves into a cohesive narrative... This is a thought-provoking book which goes well beyond the standard battle narratives and places Antietam in its full context as a significant point of change in U.S. domestic policy, a shift with far-reaching ramifications for the next century." -- Scott Mingus "In this engrossing book Richard Slotkin looks beyond that blood-drenched battlefield to explore how President Abraham Lincoln linked victory at Antietam to his decision to free slaves and declare that they could join the Union Army." -- Thomas B. Allen "Slotkin thus reminds us that the social violence of civil wars always create the potential for the overthrow of civil authority by a military dictatorship... An arresting account of a particular moment in the war: of a Washington atmosphere 'thick with treason.'" -- Stephanie McCurry

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Book SynopsisA critical examination of the turbulent early political career and the controversial military service of Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, an Illinois Whig, Republican politician, and Northern political general who rose to distinction as a member of the Union high command during the Civil War.

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Book SynopsisFrom the home front in Vermont to the battlefields of Virginia.

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Book SynopsisLong overshadowed by the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 remains a largely forgotten conflict. Providing a question-and-answer format, this book offers an informative introduction to the War of 1812.Trade Review187 Things You Should Know about the War of 1812 is a choice pick for public, high school, and even college library collections due to its concise, reader-friendly format. Midwest Book Review The book is illustrated with paintings, drawings, and maps to aid the student in understanding what events and battles took place and their significance towards ending the conflict. Lone Star Book Review

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Book SynopsisThere is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln's Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding Trade Review“This anthology of sources for the Civil War era is a well contextualized collection of documents and secondary sources. Highlighted sections ask thought-provoking questions, directing students’ attention and challenging them to come to grips with the complexities of this era. This book is an extraordinary contribution to teaching. It is the textbook that teachers dream of finding.” Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois "The pulling together of all this material into one coherent volume represents a considerable editorial achievement, and one that highlights not just the most recent scholarly approaches to Civil War but also some of the reasons for the subject's perennial fascination for students, academics and the public alike." Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: The American Civil War in the Twenty-First Century. A Civil War Chronology. PART I: THE IMPENDING CRISIS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 1 “A House Divided” by Bruce Catton (1960). 2 “The Divided South, Democracy’s Limitations, and the Causes of the Peculiarly North American Civil War” by William W. Freehling (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 3 John Calhoun, speech on the Compromise of 1850. 4 Chapter 1, “In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity” from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harried Beecher Stowe (1851). 5 Louisa S. McCord, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1853). 6 Escaped slave advertisements from The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853). PART II: JUSTIFYING THE WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 7 “The Spirit of ’61,” by George Fredrickson (1965). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 8 Alexander Stephens, “The Confederate Cornerstone” (1861). 9 Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, Diary entry, (1860). 10 The North Carolina Standard, “Disunion for Existing Causes,” editorial, (1860). 11 Alexander Stephens, A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States (1868). III. THE BATTLE FRONT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 12 ‘Dangled Over Hell’: The Trauma of the Civil War,” by Eric T. Dean, Jr. (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 13 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage (1895). 14 Wilbur Fisk, letter from the Peninsula Campaign, (1862). 15 “J.C.R.,” “The Battle of Fredricksburg,” Charleston Daily Courier (1863). 16 Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, a.k.a. Edwin R. Wakeman, Letter from the Red River (1864). PART IV: THE HOME FRONT. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 17 Reid Mitchell, “The War at Home” (1990). 18 Jeanie Attie, “For the Boys in Blue: Organizing the U.S. Sanitary. Commission” (1998). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 19 Gertrude Clanton Thomas, diary entry (1864). 20 Fannie Perry, letter to Norfleet Perry (1862). 21 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Lydia Bixby (1864). PART V: WARTIME ECONOMIES. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 22 Industrial Workers and the Costs of War” by Philip Paludan (1989?). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 23 Wilbur J. Cash, The Mind of the South (1941). 24 Mary Herrick, letter to Secretary of War William Stanton (1863). 25 Corporal John H.P. Payne, Massachusetts 55th regiment, letter (1864). PART VI: SLAVERY DURING WARTIME. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 26 A Loss of Mastery,” by James L. Roark (1978). 27 “‘Answering Bells is Played Out’: Slavery and the Civil War” by Tera Hunter (1999). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 28 Mary Chestnut, diary entry (1861). 29 Sgt. George W. Hatton, letter from Wilson’s Landing, Virginia (1864). PART VII: EMANCIPATION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 30 The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation” by Eric Foner (1994). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 31 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Abraham Lincoln (1862). 32 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Horace Greeley (1862). 33 Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation (1862). 34 Frederick Douglass, “Emancipation Proclaimed, Douglass’ Monthly (1862). 35 Abraham Lincoln, Address at Gettysburg, (1863). 36 Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural (1865). VIII. RESISTANCE. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 37 A Multiplicity of Grievances,” by Iver Bernstein. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 38 Abraham Lincoln, “Opinion on the Draft” (1863). 39 Adelaide Fowler, letter to Henry Fowler (1863). IX. WAR ON THE FRONTIER. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 40 The Way to Pea Ridge,” by Alvin Josephy, Jr. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 41 St. Paul Pioneer Press, account of Sioux executions (1862). 42 Mary Livermore, “Patriotic Iowa” (1888). X. WARTIME POLITICS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 43 The Confederate South at High Tide,” by Emory Thomas (1979). 44 “To Finish the Task: The Election of 1864,” by William Gienapp (2002). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 45 Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chiefly About War Matters” (1862). 46 “Work,” the Boston Evening Transcipt (1864). XI. GENDER BATTLES. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 47 What Shall We Do? Confederate Women Confront the Crisis,” by Drew Gilpin Faust (1999?). 48 “When God Made Me I Wasn’t Much, But I’s a Man Now,” by Jim Cullen (1992). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 49 Benjamin Butler, General Order #28 (1862). 50 Harriet Tubman, letter from Beaufort, South Carolina (1863). 51 Louisa May Alcott, “Chapter One: Obtaining Supplies,” from Hospital Sketches (1863). XII. THE WRITTEN WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 52 Popular Literary Culture in Wartime,” by Alice Fahs (2001). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 53 Walt Whitman, “The Great Army of the Sick” (1863). 54 Walt Whitman, “A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim” (1865?). 55 Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1862). 56 Rebecca Harding Davis, “John Lamar” (1862). XIII. VICTORY AND DEFEAT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 57 The Same Holy Cause,” by James McPherson (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 58 Sarah Morgan Dawson, diary entry (1865). 59 Chaplain Garland H. White, letter from Richmond (1865). XIV. RECONSTRUCTION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 60 ‘Privilege’ and ‘Protection’: Civil and Political Rights During Reconstruction,” by Laura F. Edwards (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 61 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Sarah Shaw (1866). 62 Margaret Mitchell on the Freedmens’ Bureau, from Gone with the Wind (1936). 63 Thomas Dixon, “To the Reader,” from The Clansman (1904). 64 Emeline Brumfield, account of a Ku Klux Kan visit (date?). XV. MEMORY. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 65 Quarrel Forgotten or Revolution Remembered? Reunion and Race in the Memory of the Civil War, 1875-1913,” by David Blight (undated). Document Excerpt (with Headnote and Questions):. 66 Frederick Douglass, “The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free” (1883)

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Book SynopsisThere is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln's Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding Trade Review“This anthology of sources for the Civil War era is a well contextualized collection of documents and secondary sources. Highlighted sections ask thought-provoking questions, directing students’ attention and challenging them to come to grips with the complexities of this era. This book is an extraordinary contribution to teaching. It is the textbook that teachers dream of finding.” Orville Vernon Burton, University of Illinois "The pulling together of all this material into one coherent volume represents a considerable editorial achievement, and one that highlights not just the most recent scholarly approaches to Civil War but also some of the reasons for the subject's perennial fascination for students, academics and the public alike." Journal of American StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: The American Civil War in the Twenty-First Century. A Civil War Chronology. PART I: THE IMPENDING CRISIS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 1 “A House Divided” by Bruce Catton (1960). 2 “The Divided South, Democracy’s Limitations, and the Causes of the Peculiarly North American Civil War” by William W. Freehling (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 3 John Calhoun, speech on the Compromise of 1850. 4 Chapter 1, “In Which the Reader is Introduced to a Man of Humanity” from Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harried Beecher Stowe (1851). 5 Louisa S. McCord, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” (1853). 6 Escaped slave advertisements from The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1853). PART II: JUSTIFYING THE WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 7 “The Spirit of ’61,” by George Fredrickson (1965). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 8 Alexander Stephens, “The Confederate Cornerstone” (1861). 9 Keziah Goodwyn Hopkins Brevard, Diary entry, (1860). 10 The North Carolina Standard, “Disunion for Existing Causes,” editorial, (1860). 11 Alexander Stephens, A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States (1868). III. THE BATTLE FRONT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 12 ‘Dangled Over Hell’: The Trauma of the Civil War,” by Eric T. Dean, Jr. (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 13 Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage (1895). 14 Wilbur Fisk, letter from the Peninsula Campaign, (1862). 15 “J.C.R.,” “The Battle of Fredricksburg,” Charleston Daily Courier (1863). 16 Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, a.k.a. Edwin R. Wakeman, Letter from the Red River (1864). PART IV: THE HOME FRONT. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 17 Reid Mitchell, “The War at Home” (1990). 18 Jeanie Attie, “For the Boys in Blue: Organizing the U.S. Sanitary. Commission” (1998). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 19 Gertrude Clanton Thomas, diary entry (1864). 20 Fannie Perry, letter to Norfleet Perry (1862). 21 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Lydia Bixby (1864). PART V: WARTIME ECONOMIES. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 22 Industrial Workers and the Costs of War” by Philip Paludan (1989?). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 23 Wilbur J. Cash, The Mind of the South (1941). 24 Mary Herrick, letter to Secretary of War William Stanton (1863). 25 Corporal John H.P. Payne, Massachusetts 55th regiment, letter (1864). PART VI: SLAVERY DURING WARTIME. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 26 A Loss of Mastery,” by James L. Roark (1978). 27 “‘Answering Bells is Played Out’: Slavery and the Civil War” by Tera Hunter (1999). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 28 Mary Chestnut, diary entry (1861). 29 Sgt. George W. Hatton, letter from Wilson’s Landing, Virginia (1864). PART VII: EMANCIPATION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 30 The Meaning of Freedom in the Age of Emancipation” by Eric Foner (1994). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 31 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Abraham Lincoln (1862). 32 Abraham Lincoln, letter to Horace Greeley (1862). 33 Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation (1862). 34 Frederick Douglass, “Emancipation Proclaimed, Douglass’ Monthly (1862). 35 Abraham Lincoln, Address at Gettysburg, (1863). 36 Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural (1865). VIII. RESISTANCE. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 37 A Multiplicity of Grievances,” by Iver Bernstein. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 38 Abraham Lincoln, “Opinion on the Draft” (1863). 39 Adelaide Fowler, letter to Henry Fowler (1863). IX. WAR ON THE FRONTIER. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 40 The Way to Pea Ridge,” by Alvin Josephy, Jr. Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 41 St. Paul Pioneer Press, account of Sioux executions (1862). 42 Mary Livermore, “Patriotic Iowa” (1888). X. WARTIME POLITICS. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 43 The Confederate South at High Tide,” by Emory Thomas (1979). 44 “To Finish the Task: The Election of 1864,” by William Gienapp (2002). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 45 Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Chiefly About War Matters” (1862). 46 “Work,” the Boston Evening Transcipt (1864). XI. GENDER BATTLES. Essays (with Headnotes and Questions):. 47 What Shall We Do? Confederate Women Confront the Crisis,” by Drew Gilpin Faust (1999?). 48 “When God Made Me I Wasn’t Much, But I’s a Man Now,” by Jim Cullen (1992). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 49 Benjamin Butler, General Order #28 (1862). 50 Harriet Tubman, letter from Beaufort, South Carolina (1863). 51 Louisa May Alcott, “Chapter One: Obtaining Supplies,” from Hospital Sketches (1863). XII. THE WRITTEN WAR. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 52 Popular Literary Culture in Wartime,” by Alice Fahs (2001). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 53 Walt Whitman, “The Great Army of the Sick” (1863). 54 Walt Whitman, “A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim” (1865?). 55 Julia Ward Howe, “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (1862). 56 Rebecca Harding Davis, “John Lamar” (1862). XIII. VICTORY AND DEFEAT. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 57 The Same Holy Cause,” by James McPherson (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 58 Sarah Morgan Dawson, diary entry (1865). 59 Chaplain Garland H. White, letter from Richmond (1865). XIV. RECONSTRUCTION. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 60 ‘Privilege’ and ‘Protection’: Civil and Political Rights During Reconstruction,” by Laura F. Edwards (1997). Document Excerpts (with Headnotes and Questions):. 61 Lydia Maria Child, letter to Sarah Shaw (1866). 62 Margaret Mitchell on the Freedmens’ Bureau, from Gone with the Wind (1936). 63 Thomas Dixon, “To the Reader,” from The Clansman (1904). 64 Emeline Brumfield, account of a Ku Klux Kan visit (date?). XV. MEMORY. Essay (with Headnote and Questions):. 65 Quarrel Forgotten or Revolution Remembered? Reunion and Race in the Memory of the Civil War, 1875-1913,” by David Blight (undated). Document Excerpt (with Headnote and Questions):. 66 Frederick Douglass, “The United States Cannot Remain Half-Slave and Half-Free” (1883)

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Book SynopsisIn Vietnam, Gary R. Hess describes and evaluates the main arguments of scholars, participants, and journalists, both revisionist and orthodox in their approach, as they try to answer fundamental questions of the Vietnam War. Clearly examines the historiography of the Vietnam War Questions whether the Vietnam War was lost due to poor strategy and leadership, or was inherently doomed to failure Includes a bibliographic essay which complements the literature discussed in the text Trade Review“This is a book one will wish to assign to students: it lays out, with enviable clarity, what is at stake, what evidence exists for reaching a judgment, what various historians have concluded on the basis of the evidence they use and/or ignore, and Hess's own position on the matter. Because he is an honest historian, Hess does not pretend to be neutral.” (International History Review, June 2009) "[Hess] has simply provided the best general overview of the literature on the Vietnam War that has been written to date." (Review of Politics, March 2009) A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year "Gary Hess’s new book is a survey of the scholarship on the Vietnam War which pits this revisionist historiography (the so-called ‘winnable’ war tradition) against the more numerous orthodox historiography (the ‘unwinnable’ war tradition) ... .[The book is] an enormously stimulating volume which usefully organises the literature on thematic lines and clarifies the battle lines between the orthodox and revisionist schools." (Reviews in History, January 2009)Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate 1 2 A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? 25 3 “Kennedy Exceptionalism” or “Missed Opportunity for Peace” or “Lost Victory?” – The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 50 4 The Revisionist Critique of the “Other War” – The Clausewitzian Alternative 84 5 The Revisionist Critique of the “Strategy for Defeat” – The Clausewitzian Alternative 84 6 The Media and the War: Shaping or Reflecting Public Opinion? 133 7 The Tet Offensive: A decisive American Victory or a Prolongation of Stalemate? 154 8 Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War; A “Lost Victory” or “Neither Peace nor Honor?” 179 9 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 211 Index 214

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Book SynopsisA Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history. * Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race.Trade Review“Overall, this collection will inform and challenge readers, who will discover stimulating perspectives that deliver on Young and Buzzanco’s claims, comprising a welcome addition to the literature.” History: Reviews of New Books "The quality of the essays... make it an easy recommendation to those looking at the war." Journal of American Studies “This terrific collection of twenty-four original articles is as valuable for the teacher as for the student of the Vietnam War. The contributors, who universally rank among the foremost experts on both the War and Southeast Asian history, utilize diverse frameworks and diverse sources to produce diverse perspectives. Young and Buzzanco warrant praise and thanks for assembling a volume sure to become mandatory reading.” Richard Immerman, Temple University “These stimulating essays on both the Southeast Asian and American sides of the war contribute valuable new insights into old debates, such as presidential decisions, and leading-edge investigations into new issues, such as ethnicity, gender, and memory.” David L. Anderson, University of IndianapolisTable of ContentsAbout the Contributors viii Introduction xi 1 Hanoi’s Long Century 1Stein Tonnesson PART 1 THE VIETNAMESE IN CONTEXT 17 2 In Search of Ho Chi Minh 19William Duiker 3 Belated Asian Allies: The Technical and Military Contributions of Japanese Deserters (1945-50) 37Christopher E. Goscha 4 The Realities and Consequences of War in a Northern Vietnamese Commune 65Shaun Malarney 5 The My Tho Grapevine and the Sino-Soviet Split 79David Hunt 6 “Vietnam” as a Women’s War 93Karen G. Turner PART 11 THE AMERICANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTEXT 113 7 Before the War: Legacies from the Early Twentieth Century in United States-Vietnam Relations 115Anne Foster 8 Franklin Roosevelt, Trusteeship, and US Exceptionalism: Reconsidering the American Vision of Postcolonial Vietnam 130Mark Bradley 9 Dreaming Different Dreams: The United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 146Robert K. Bridham 10 JFK and the Myth of Withdrawal 162Edwin E. Moise 11 The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam During the Johnson Years 174Robert Buzzanco 12 A Casualty of War: The Break in American Relations with Cambodia, 1965 198Kenton Clymer 13 The Last Casualty? Richard Nixon and the End of the Vietnam War, 1969-75 229Lloyd Gardner 14 Remembering Nixon’s War 260Carolyn Eisenberg 15 America’s Secret War in Laos, 1955-75 283Alfred W McCoy PART 111 AMERICANS AT HOME AND ABROAD 315 16 Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century 317Bruce Franklin 17 African Americans and the Vietnam War 333James Westheider 18 Mexican Americans and the Viet Nam War 348George Mariscal 19 “They’ll Forgive You for Anything Except Being Weak”: Gender and US Escalation in Vietnam 1961-65 367Robert Dean 20 The Antiwar Movement 384Barbara Tischler 21 The Veterans Antiwar Movement in Fact and Memory 403John Prados 22 Sanctuary!: A Bridge Between Civilian and GI Protest Against the Vietnam War 416Michael S. Foley 23 Knowledge at War: American Social Science and Vietnam 434Michael E. Latham 24 The War on Television: TV News, the Johnson Administration, and Vietnam 450Chester J Pach, Jr. Select Bibliography 470Compiled by Amy E. Blackwell Index 491

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Book SynopsisThis new volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history the American Civil War and Reconstructionand offers students a collection of essential documentary sources for these periods. Provides students with over 60 documents on the American Civil War and Reconstruction Includes presidential addresses, official reports, songs, poems, and a variety of eyewitness testimony concerning significant events ranging from 1833-1879 Contains an informative introduction focused on the kinds of materials available and how historians use them Each chapter ends with questions designed to help students engage with the material and to highlight key issues of historical debate Trade Review"This book is a useful tool that will find its way onto many syllabi in the upcoming years, including mine." (H-Net Reviews, 1 April 2011) "Harrold provides an excellent introduction with not only the historical facts, but also a solid discussion of the historiography. The introduction alone makes it valuable in the classroom. For instructors looking for a good set of primary documents to use in their upper-division Civil War courses, Harrold has provided a great service. Highly recommended.” (Choice, November 2008)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction. I: Causes:. 1. [William Lloyd Garrison], Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833. 2. Henry Highland Garnet, Address to the Slaves of the U.S., 1843. 3. John C. Calhoun, Address of the Southern Delegates to Their Constituents,1849. 4. William H. Seward, Irrepressible Conflict, 1858. 5. Ballou’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Slaves Picking Cotton, 1858. 6. John Brown, Last Speech, 1859. II: Disunion to War:. 1. South Carolina, Declaration of the Immediate Causes which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina, 1860. 2. John J. Crittenden, Crittenden Compromise Proposal, 1860. 3. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Jefferson Davis about to Become Provisional President of the Confederacy, 1861. 4. Daniel Decatur Emmett, I wish I was in Dixie’s Land, 1860. 5. Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, 1861. 6. Alexander H. Stephens, Cornerstone Speech, 1861. 7. Mary Boykin Chesnut, Approaching Conflict at Fort Sumter, 1861. III: Battles:. 1. William Howard Russell, First Battle of Bull Run, 1861. 2. Walt Whitman, “1861,” 1861. 3. William Monks, Battle of Wilson Creek and Guerilla War in Missouri, 1861-1862. 4. S. Dana Greene, The Monitor Battles The Virginia (Merrimac), 1862. 5. David H. Strother, Battle of Antietam, 1862. 6. Frank A. Haskell, Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. 7. Timothy O’Sullivan, Union Dead on the Gettysburg Battlefield, 1863. 8. Samuel E. Hope, Black-White Guerilla War in Florida, 1863. 9. James Longstreet, Battle of Chickamauga, 1863. 10. Robert E. Lee, Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1865. 11. Ulysses S. Grant, General Report of Operations, 1865. IV: Soldiers’ Experiences:. 1. Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, A Woman in the New York Volunteers, 1862-1863. 2. Spencer Glasgow Welch, Preserving Discipline in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1863 3. Unattributed Photograph, Union Soldiers Recovering from Wounds, 1864. 4. Frank Holsinger, Union Soldiers under Fire, 1862-1864. 5. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, Religion and the Daily Lives of Union Soldiers in Alabama, 1864 6. Charles Minor Blackford, A Confederate Officer Observes the Siege of Petersburg, 1864 7. James S. Brisbin, U.S. Colored Cavalry in Virginia, 1864. 8. Unidentified U.S. Sanitary Commission Official, On Soldiers and Prostitutes, City Point, Virginia, 1864. 9. Eliza Frances Andrews, A Confederate Woman on Union Prisoners at Andersonville, 1865. V: Homefronts:. 1. Mary A. Ward, Confederate Women Prepare Their Men for War, 1861. 2. Regis de Trobriand, Corruption in Washington, D.C., 1862. 3. Julia A. Wilbur, Contraband Camps in Alexandria, Virginia, 1863. 4. [Dora Miller], Life in Besieged Vicksburg, 1863. 5. Sallie Brock Putnam, Richmond Bread Riot, 1863. 6. Illustrated London News, New York City Draft Riot, 1863. 7. John Greenleaf Whittier, Barbara Frietchie, 1864. VI: Political Perspectives:. 1. Julia Ward Howe, Battle Hymn of the Republic, 1862. 2. Horace Greeley and Abraham Lincoln, Union War Aims, 1862. 3. Joseph E. Brown, State Sovereignty in the Confederacy, 1862. 4. Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. 5. Clement L. Vallandigham, Northern Opposition to the Civil War, 1863. 6. Frederick Douglass, Men of Color to Arms, 1863. 7. Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863. 8. Bromley and Company, Democratic Caricature of Republican Racial Policy, 1864. 9. Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., War for Slavery, 1865. 10. Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865. VII: The Trans-Mississippi West:. 1. U.S. Congress, Homestead Act, 1862. 2. John S. Smith, Sand Creek Massacre, 1864. 3. United States and Sioux Nation, Treaty of Fort Laramie, 1868. 4. Andrew J. Russell, Joining of the Rails, Promontory, Utah, 1869. VIII: Reconstruction:. 1. Abraham Lincoln, Presidential Reconstruction, 1863. 2. Alexander Gardner, African-American Refugees Amid Ruins of Richmond, 1865. 3. State Convention of the Colored People of South Carolina, Memorial To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, 1865. 4. Thaddeus Stevens, Congressional Reconstruction, 1865. 5. United States, Reconstruction Amendments. 6. National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, An Appeal to The Women of the United States, 1871. 7. Elias Hill, Ku Klux Klan Terrorism, 1871. 8. Albion W. Tourgee, Failure of Reconstruction, 1879. Suggested Reading. . . . .

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Book SynopsisThe two reporters, A.J.L. Fremantle and Whitelaw Reid, one traveling with the Union army and the other with the Confederates, are the authors of these two magnificent firsthand accounts of the battle of Gettysburg in 1863, the pivotal action of the Civil War. Presents engaging firsthand accounts of the battle of Gettysburg Completely updated with a new introduction, references, illustrations and maps Includes a bibliographic essay for further reading Provides students with a unique and engaging look at the most pivotal action of the Civil War Trade Review“This book collects two of the best firsthand accounts of Gettysburg, insightfully introduced and edited. It provides illuminating perspectives on the bloodiest battle in U.S. history and an invaluable commentary on the process of recording and remembering our past.” Aaron Sheehan-Dean, University of North Florida “Smartly edited and abundantly illustrated, Two Witnesses provides a wonderfully readable account of the most celebrated battle of the Civil War by two of its keenest observers.” William L. Barney, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “Gallagher's mastery of the art of bringing Civil War history to life shines here, only this time, instead of bringing the war to us, he transports us directly to Gettysburg where, in the eloquent company of Reid and Fremantle, we become eye-witnesses, too.” Elizabeth D. Leonard, Colby College, author of Lincoln’s Avengers (2004) "In these dispatches from the maelstrom, Gettysburg seems as fresh as it was 150 years ago. This is as close as you'll ever get to going on an ‘embed’ with the armies of Meade and Lee." Stephen Berry, University of Georgia "These two compelling journalistic accounts of Gettysburg capture the wartime myopia of confusion, opinion, distance, and death, while expert historian Gallagher provides the historical context that makes the contrast of the two accounts so revealing." Heather Cox Richardson, University of Massachusetts, AmherstTable of ContentsList of Figures viii List of Maps x Acknowledgments xi Acknowledgments – Sources and Credits xii Introduction xiii Editorial Note xxv I The Gettysburg Campaign: A Contemporary Account by Whitelaw Reid 1 II The Gettysburg Campaign: From the Diary of A. J. L. Fremantle 79 Appendix: The Structure of the Armies 150 Bibliographic Essay 152 Index 155

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Book SynopsisThe Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America''s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences. Includes substantial non-American content, including many original English translations of Vietnamese-authored texts which showcase the diversity and complexity of Vietnamese experiences during the war Contains original American documents germane to the continuing debates about the causes, consequences and morality of the US intervention Incorporates personal histories of individual Americans and Vietnamese Introductory headnotes place each document in context Features a range of non-textual documents, including iconic photographs and political cartoons Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface x Acknowledgements xii Introduction xiii Chapter 1 Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism 1 1.1 Tam Lang, I Pulled a Rickshaw (1932) 1 1.2 The Trial Testimony of Phan Boi Chau (1925) 5 1.3 Ho Chi Minh, The Path which Led Me to Leninism (1960) 7 1.4 Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh), Appeal Made on the Occasion of the Founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party (1930) 9 1.5 Ho Chi Minh, The Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945) 11 Chapter 2 The First Indochina War and the Origins of American Involvement 15 2.1 Oral History of Xuan Vu, Viet Minh War Reporter and Propagandist (1987) 15 2.2 US Department of State Airgram on French–Vietnamese Relations (1946) 20 2.3 Truong Chinh, “We Struggle for Independence and Democracy” (1948) 22 2.4 US National Security Council, Report on the Position of the United States with Respect to Indochina (1950) 26 2.5 Robert Blum, Telegram on US Economic Aid to France in Indochina (1951) 29 2.6 Memorandum of a Conversation with President Eisenhower about Dien Bien Phu (1954) 31 2.7 Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference (1954) 32 Chapter 3 The Two Vietnams 37 3.1 Col. Edward G. Lansdale, Report on the activities of the Saigon Military Mission (1955) 37 3.2 Ngo Dinh Diem,Message to the RVN National Assembly on the Foundations of the Constitution (1956) 46 3.3 Wolf Ladejinsky, A Visit with President Ngo Dinh Diem (1955) 49 3.4 Vietnam Workers’ Party Politburo, Directive Regarding Land Reform (1953) 52 3.5 Oral History of Han Vi, Musicologist and Communist Party Cadre 55 Chapter 4 The Rise of the “Viet Cong” 61 4.1 Le Duan, The Path to Revolution in the South (1956) 61 4.2 A Communist Party Account of the Situation in the Nam Bo Region of South Vietnam (1961) 69 4.3 A Poor Farmer’s Account of the 1960 “Concerted Uprising” in My Tho Province (1967) 72 4.4 Program of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (1960) 75 Chapter 5 The Fall of Diem 81 5.1 The Caravelle Manifesto (1960) 81 5.2 Report of the Taylor Mission to South Vietnam (1961) 88 5.3 The Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc (1963) 90 5.4 Transcript of a Phone Conversation between Ngo Dinh Diem and Henry Cabot Lodge (November 1, 1963) 92 5.5 John F. Kennedy, Comments on the Saigon Coup (November 4, 1963) 93 Chapter 6 Escalation 96 6.1 Resolution of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers’ Party: Strive to Struggle, Rush Forward to Win New Victories in the South (December 1963) 96 6.2 Recording of a Phone Conversation between Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara (April 30, 1964) 100 6.3 The Tonkin Gulf Resolution (August 1964) 103 6.4 US Senator Wayne Morse, Speech on the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (August 5, 1964) 104 6.5 George Ball, “A Compromise Solution for South Vietnam” (1965) 106 6.6 Notes of a Meeting at the White House (July 21, 1965) 110 Chapter 7 On the Battlefield 115 7.1 A South Vietnamese Account of the Battle of Ap Bac (1995) 115 7.2 Interrogation of a Captured NLF Fighter (1967) 120 7.3 Oral History of Tom Esslinger, US Marine Lieutenant and Veteran of the Battle of Khe Sanh (2003) 124 7.4 Varnado Simpson, Testimony about the My Lai Massacre (1969) 132 7.5 Oral History of Wilson Key, US Navy Pilot and Prisoner of War (2004) 135 7.6 A North Vietnamese soldier remembers the Bombing of North Vietnam (1970) 142 7.7 Kim Phuc and the Napalm Attack on Trang Bang Village (1972) 144 Chapter 8 The Tet Offensive 147 8.1 Resolution of the 14th Plenum of the VWP Central Committee (January 1968) 147 8.2 US Central Intelligence Agency Report on the Communist Tet Offensive (January 31, 1968) 152 8.3 The Execution of Nguyen Van Lem 155 8.4 General Huynh Cong Than, “The General Offensive and Uprising in the Southern Sector of Saigon” (1994) 156 8.5 Walter Cronkite, Remarks on the Tet Offensive (February 1968) 163 8.6 Lyndon B. Johnson, Address to the Nation Announcing Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam (March 31, 1968) 165 Chapter 9 Home Fronts 172 9.1 Students for a Democratic Society, “Build, Not Burn” (1965) 172 9.2 Young Americans for Freedom, “Aid and Comfort to the Enemy” (1965) 174 9.3 Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, Statement Against the War in Vietnam (1966) 176 9.4 Nicholas Garland, Cartoon of Lyndon Johnson (1966) 178 9.5 Pete Seeger, “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”(1967) 179 9.6 Senator George McGovern, Speech in Support of the McGovern–Hatfield Amendment to End the War in Indochina (1970) 181 9.7 Ngo Cong Duc, “Anti-Americanism: Common Cause in Vietnam” (1970) 183 9.8 Terry Nelson and C-Company, “The Battle Hymn of Lt Calley” (1971) 190 9.9 Daniel Ellsberg, “Murder and the Lying Machine” (2002) 192 Chapter 10 Pacification, Vietnamization, and “Fighting While Negotiating” 197 10.1 William Westmoreland, “The Refugee Problem” (1968) 197 10.2 Robert Komer, “The Phoenix Program and the Attack on the Viet Cong Infrastructure” (1969) 200 10.3 A Communist Cadre Describes Pacification in My Tho Province During 1969–1970 204 10.4 Le Duc Tho and Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi Discuss the Paris Peace Talks (1968) 205 10.5 Henry Kissinger Negotiates with Le Duc Tho (1971) 207 10.6 Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Discuss the Fate of South Vietnam (August 1972) 213 Chapter 11 Victory and Defeat 216 11.1 Jacques Leslie, A Visit to Viet Cong Territory (1995) 216 11.2 Bui Tin, An Account of the Surrender of South Vietnam (1981) 221 11.3 Nguyen Thi Hoa, “Mom, I’m leaving now. I will make you very proud of me.” 223 Chapter 12 Memories and Legacies 226 12.1 The POW/MIA Flag 226 12.2 Excerpt from Quang X. Pham, Excerpt from A Sense of Duty: Our Journey from Vietnam to America (2005) 227 12.3 A US Army Nurse Remembers Vietnam (2004) 232 12.4 A Letter Left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 238 12.5 George W. Bush, Speech at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention (2007) 239 12.6 Vo Van Kiet, “Healing the Wound” (2005) 243 Index 249

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Book SynopsisSheads, a National Park Service ranger and specialist on the event, introduces the book, which will remain a popular favorite for years to come.Trade ReviewStill the best account available of the two key battles of the War of 1812... brings the 1814 battles around Washington and Baltimore to life, making them seem terrifying and critical, as they must have seemed to Marylanders at the time. Baltimore City Paper One of the very best books on the War of 1812 ever written. -- Blaine Taylor Captain's Locker This reissue of The Dawn's Early Light celebrates the bicentennial of the Battle of Baltimore. Scott S. Sheads, a National Park Service ranger and specialist on the event, introduces the book, which will remain a popular favorite for years to come. Lone Star Book Review Compelling and often riveting, The Dawn's Early Light employs a journalistic style that imparts facts while retaining a sense of sensationalism and dramatic color. -- Dave Burford H-War, H-Net ReviewsTable of ContentsForeword, by Scott S. SheadsPreface1. Sails on the Chesapeake2. "Chastise the Savages"3. Face to Face4. Sleepless Hours5. Time Runs Out6. Bladensburg7. Ordeal by Fire8. Shock Waves9. Focus on Baltimore10. North Point11. For McHenry12. Britain Struggles with Herself12. "The Dawn's Early Light"AcknowledgmentsChapter NotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAimed at students and the general public, Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era.Trade ReviewEminent 1812 scholar Hickey... explains why contemporary Americans saw the battle as a 'glorious victory'... and why Jackson and the battle continued as prominent symbols as the rest of the war gradually faded in public memory... This is a quick, enjoyable read, but Hickey's extensive use of primary sources makes it suitable for scholars too. Choice Donald R. Hickey, dubbed by one authority 'the dean of 1812 scholarship,' tells it all in this slim but lively, lucid, and entertaining account... As the hit song of 1959 goes, 'In 1814 we took a little trip, Along with Colonel [ sic] Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'.' Anyone who wants to make that expedition should seek out Don Hickey as a tour guide. Journal of America's Military PastTable of ContentsPrefacePrologue1. Completing the Revolution2. The Making of a Hero3. The Creek War4. The British on the Gulf Coast5. A Glorious VictoryEpilogueNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisAimed at students and the general public, Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era.Trade ReviewEminent 1812 scholar Hickey... explains why contemporary Americans saw the battle as a 'glorious victory'... and why Jackson and the battle continued as prominent symbols as the rest of the war gradually faded in public memory... This is a quick, enjoyable read, but Hickey's extensive use of primary sources makes it suitable for scholars too. Choice Donald R. Hickey, dubbed by one authority 'the dean of 1812 scholarship,' tells it all in this slim but lively, lucid, and entertaining account... As the hit song of 1959 goes, 'In 1814 we took a little trip, Along with Colonel [ sic] Jackson down the mighty Mississipp'.' Anyone who wants to make that expedition should seek out Don Hickey as a tour guide. Journal of America's Military PastTable of ContentsPrefacePrologue1. Completing the Revolution2. The Making of a Hero3. The Creek War4. The British on the Gulf Coast5. A Glorious VictoryEpilogueNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex

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Book SynopsisThus, a close look at the Battle of New Orleans offers an opportunity to explore not just how events are collectively remembered across generations but how a society discards memorialization efforts it no longer finds necessary or palatable.Trade ReviewIn A Bloodless Victory, historian Joseph F. Stoltz III investigates the different ways white Americans created, contested, and eventually monetized public memory of the Battle of New Orleans. He explores the ways in which narratives are created and recreated and how selective memory of events changes with new political contexts... I applaud Stoltz for his ability to take on such a large topic in such a short space—Patrick Blythe, Seminole State College of Florida, H-Net ReviewsStoltz's book is a comprehensive study of the battle of New Orleans's presence in the American historical imagination and will serve as the definitive book on the topic.—Thomas A. Chambers, Niagara University, Journal of Southern HistoryWell researched and presented in clear, precise, and robust prose, Stoltz's engaging read reminds us that interpretations of history are often subject to the eyes of the beholder.—Samuel C. Hyde Jr., Southeastern Louisiana University, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. "By the Eternal, They Shall Not Sleep on Our Soil"2. "Half a Horse and Half an Alligator"3. "Under the Command of a Plain Republican—an American Cincinnatus"4. "The Union Must and Shall Be Preserved"5. "True Daughters of the War"6. "Not Pirate . . . Privateer"7. "Tourism Whetted by the Celebration"8. A "Rustic and Factual" AppearanceConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWhat happens when children are forced to become child soldiers? How are they transformed from children to combatants? In Child to Soldier, Opiyo Oloya addresses these timely, troubling questions by exploring how Acholi children in Northern Uganda, abducted by infamous warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), become soldiers.Oloya – himself an Acholi, a refugee from Idi Amin’s rule of Uganda, and a high ranking figure in Canadian education – is a scholar who challenges conventional thinking on child-inducted soldiers by illustrating the familial loyalty that develops within a child’s new surroundings in the bush. Based on interviews with former child combatants, this book provides a cultural context for understanding the process of socializing children into violence. Oloya details how Kony and the LRA exploit and pervert Acholi cultural heritage and pride to control and direct the children in war.Child to SoldiTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Conceptual and practical challenges 3. Gwooko dog paco, defending the homestead, cultural devastation and the LRM/A 4. Culture, identity and control in the LRM/A 5. The autobiographical voices of becoming CI soldiers (I) 6. The autobiographical voices of becoming CI soldiers (II) 7. Dwoogo paco, returning home References Footnotes

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Book SynopsisSpanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis.Trade ReviewMore than just an academic text, Empire's Ally is an accessible and readable resource for scholars and activists alike. For the anti-war movement in Canada, it should be required reading. -- James Clark Canadian DimensionTable of ContentsPreface * Introduction: Empire, Afghanistan and Canadian Foreign Policy Jerome Klassen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Section One: Afghanistan, Empire and the 'War on Terror' * Afghanistan and Empire John W. Warnock (University of Regina) * A 'Single War': The Political Economy of Intervention in the Middle East and Central Asia Adam Hanieh (University of London) * The Empire of Capital and the Latest Inning of the Great Game Michael Skinner (York University) * Methods of Empire: State Building, Development, and War in Afghanistan Jerome Klassen Section Two: The Political Economy of Canadian Foreign Policy * From the Avro Arrow to Afghanistan: The Political Economy of Canadian Militarism Paul Kellogg (Athabasca University) * Canada and the Third World: The Political Economy of Intervention Todd Gordon (York University) * Fewer Illusions: Canadian Foreign Policy Since 2001 Greg Albo (York University) Section Three: Canada's War in Afghanistan * Failed States and Canada's 3D Policy in Afghanistan Angela Joya (York University) * Building an Expeditionary Force for Democracy Promotion Anthony Fenton (York University) and Jon Elmer * Incompatible Objectives: Counterinsurgency and Development in Afghanistan Justin Podur (York University) * Canada's Afghan Detainee Torture Scandal: How Stories of Torture Define the Nation Sherene H. Razack (University of Toronto) Section Four: The Anti-War Movement in Canada * Quebec Solidaire and the Anti-War Movement Benoit Renaud and Jessica Squires (Library and Archives Canada) * Bringing Ottawa's Warmakers to Heel: The Anti-War Movement in Canada Derrick O'Keefe (Canadian Peace Alliance)

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Book SynopsisAdapting in the Dust is a vital evaluation of how well Canada's institutions, parties, and policy makers responded to the need to oversee and sustain a military intervention overseas.Trade Review"Adapting In The Dust is a pointed addition to the first wave of literature that examines whether we should have been in Afghanistan at all." -- Tom Korski Blacklock's Reporter, Saturday, February 27, 2016Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Alone in Kandahar? Canada in Comparative Perspective Chapter 3: Considering the Kandahar Conundrum Chapter 4: The Power of Minority Government: Manipulating the Confused and Those Who Cannot Coalesce Chapter 5: The Problematic Parliament: Detainees, Information Asymmetries, and a Misplaced Focus Chapter 6: Whole of Government or Holes in Government? Chapter 7: The Canadian Forces: Winners? Chapter 8: Where Are the Canadians? The Public and the Media Chapter 9: Learning Lessons and Drawing Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThis is the first complete and authentic history of the formation of the state of West Virginia as well as a biography of one of its most important statesmen. The study was made possible through the acquisition by the West Virginia University of the Pierpont Letters and Papers, which include approximately one thousand telegrams relating to Civil War movements in northwest Virginia. Originally published in 1937. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

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Book SynopsisAmerican Civil Wars takes readers beyond the battlefields and sectional divides of the U.S. Civil War to view the conflict from outside the national arena of the United States. Contributors position the American conflict squarely in the context of a wider transnational crisis across the Atlantic world, marked by a multitude of civil wars, European invasions and occupations, revolutionary independence movements, and slave uprisingsall taking place in the tumultuous decade of the 1860s. The multiple conflicts described in these essays illustrate how the United States' sectional strife was caught up in a larger, complex struggle in which nations and empires on both sides of the Atlantic vied for the control of the future. These struggles were all part of a vast web, connecting not just Washington and Richmond but also Mexico City, Havana, Santo Domingo, and Rio de Janeiro and--on the other side of the Atlantic--London, Paris, Madrid, and Rome. This volume breaks new ground by charting a h

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Book SynopsisThis second, updated edition of the acclaimed A Field Guide to Gettysburg will lead visitors to every important site across the battlefield and also give them ways to envision the action and empathize with the soldiers involved and the local people into whose lives and lands the battle intruded.

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Book SynopsisThe last days of fighting in the Civil War's eastern theatre have been wrapped in mythology since the moment of Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House. This volume of essays by leading scholars of the Civil War era offers a fresh and nuanced view of the eastern war's closing chapter, blending military, social, cultural, and political history to reassess the ways in which the war ended.

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Book SynopsisMaterial objects lie at the crux of understanding individual and social relationships in history, and the Civil War era is no exception. Contributors to this volume argue that an examination of the meaning of material objects can shed new light on the social, economic, and cultural history of the conflict. This book will fundamentally reshape our understanding of the war.

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Book SynopsisMilitary historian Earl J. Hess examines how American Civil War commanders adapted their operations to the physical environment, how the environment in turn affected their movements, and how Civil War armies altered the terrain through the science of field fortification. He also illuminates the impact of fighting and living in ditches on the everyday lives of both Union and Confederate soldiers.

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Book SynopsisFrance's involvement in the American Civil War was critical to its unfolding, but the details of the European power's role remain little understood. Here, Steve Sainlaude offers the first comprehensive history of French diplomatic engagement with the Union and the Confederate States of America during the conflict.

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Book SynopsisArgues that we can see the US Civil War anew by understanding it as a revolution. More than a fight to preserve the Union and end slavery, the conflict refashioned a nation, in part by remaking its Constitution. More than a struggle of brother against brother, it entailed remaking an Atlantic world that centred in surprising ways on Cuba and Spain.

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Book SynopsisMore than 150 years after the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organisations repeat claims that anywhere up to 100,000 African Americans fought in the Confederate army. Kevin Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts and poorly understood primary-source material have helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth.Trade Review“Levin's timely and telling account should be required reading for anyone who wants to understand the uses and abuses of history and the power and dangers of mythmaking.”--Library Journal, starred review

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Book SynopsisFrom battlefields, boxcars, and forgotten warehouses to notorious prison camps, prisoners seemed to be everywhere during the American Civil War. Living by Inches is the first book to examine how imprisoned men in the Civil War perceived captivity through the basic building blocks of human experience - their five senses.

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Book SynopsisShows that in the process of winning the US Civil War, Northerners were forced to grapple with the frauds of free labor. Labor brokers did indispensable work that helped the Northern state and Northern employers emerge victorious. They also gave rise to an economic and political system that enriched the managerial class.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on an extraordinary survey of slave refugee camps throughout America, Embattled Freedom reveals as never before the everyday experiences of these refugees from slavery as they made their way through the vast landscape of army-supervised camps that emerged during the Civil War.Trade Review“Gracefully written and exhaustively researched, Taylor's book offers the reader a vivid and convincing narrative of these slave refugee camps as 'an elemental part of the story of slavery's destruction in the United States,' one that deserves a broad readership among not only Civil War enthusiasts but anyone interested in the history of race and slavery in the United States.”- Publishers Weekly starred review“A fine example of the latest approach to the study of the Civil War. . . . An important book because it shows clearly that, despite Civil War mythology, the conflict did not result in immediate freedom.”- Civil War Book Review“Taylor unravels the tangled process of emancipation during the Civil War. . . . By taking readers inside the camps, Taylor convincingly shows that slave refugee camps played a pivotal role in emancipation because they were the places where policy was enacted in the lives of individuals.”- The Annals of Iowa“A welcome addition to the recent Civil War scholarship that highlights the experiences of people who lived on the fringes of the war. . . . Embattled Freedom brings to life an aspect of the Civil War that many scholars have glossed over . . . well-researched and well-written.”- H-Net Reviews“A well-written, thoroughly documented, thought-provoking, if not always uplifting, book about an overlooked aspect of America's Civil War.”- The Journal of America's Military Past“A compelling account of how African American refugees' search for freedom pushed the nation toward abolition. . . . Taylor meticulously recovers the history of these erased settlements and the African American lives transformed therein. . . . An essential text for scholars and nonacademics alike.”- Journal of the Civil War Era“An insightful and powerful book that highlights the tremendous struggle and endurance of the refugees to secure their freedom in the chaos of a massive war while surrounded by a hostile and armed white population. . . . Taylor's work illustrates the importance of . . . refugee camps as sites of emancipation and the struggle to define freedom during the Civil War.”- Journal of Arizona History“Converts a triumphalist tale of enslavement ended by emancipation into a more realistic one of an ongoing journey toward a contingent and uncertain freedom that was far from complete in 1865.”- Journal of American History

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Book SynopsisBased on close examination of the letters and records left behind by individual soldiers from both the North and the South, Peter Carmichael explores the totality of the Civil War experience - the marching, fighting, boredom, idealism, exhaustion, punishments, and the frustrations of being away from families.Trade ReviewA much-needed update of the experience of the Civil War's fighting men on both sides. . . . He illustrates his main points with extensive quotations from primary sources plus a variety of contemporary illustrations that significantly add to the context. Carmichael is both an experienced author and a versatile presenter, and it shows; though the main text is just over 300 pages, his presentation has both breadth and depth. It is, in all, a major achievement." - Choice"Carmichael's work goes a long way toward helping those who might support, or participate in, future conflicts to understand how their predecessors met and overcame significant challenges when called to face their own iterations of injustice." - H-Net Reviews"Fundamentally alters the trajectory of the literature." - Civil War Times Illustrated"It is nor possible to expect anyone to write the last word on either the dark side of Civil War soldiering or the persistence model for understanding the combat experience in the Civil War, but Carmichael has given us an important new way to look at both that will serve to bridge the gap between two lines of scholarly inquiry that too often are seen as contradictory or antagonistic." - Earl J. Hess, ARMY Magazine"Impressive, if not impeccable . . . . The War for the Common Soldier is a serious and important work." - Civil War News"In eloquent and elegant prose, Peter S. Carmichael examines the experience of war for the enlisted soldiers of the Union and Confederate armies. . . . The power and beauty of Carmichael's writing come from his ability to build drama, reveal pathos, and provide texture to the war experience of his disparate group of soldiers." - Journal of Southern History"Carmichael goes deeply into his sources. . . His search for authentic voices is successful. . . . [and points] his readers in interesting, sensitive directions. . . a powerful addition to getting to the 'real story.'" - Civil War Book Review"Carmichael's deep description of these individuals' experiences . . . complicate[s] in compelling ways our ideas about American men at arms during the Civil War. . . . Truly eye-opening." - Journal of the Civil War Era

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