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Cambridge University Press J. William Fulbright Vietnam and the Search for a Cold War Foreign Policy
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Cambridge University Press Triumph Forsaken The Vietnam War 19541965
Book SynopsisDrawing on a wealth of new evidence from all sides, Triumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. Through the analysis of international perceptions and power, it shows that South Vietnam was a vital interest of the United States. The book provides many insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963 and demonstrates that the coup negated the South Vietnamese government's tremendous, and hitherto unappreciated, military and political gains between 1954 and 1963. After Diem's assassination, President Lyndon Johnson had at his disposal several aggressive policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion, but he ruled out these options because of faulty assumptions and inadequate intelligence, making such an infusion the only means of saving the country.Trade Review'The most noteworthy aspect of Triumph Forsaken is surely the depth and range of its research … Moyar has provided those who take their history seriously with a stunning performance, and plenty to think about.' James M. Murphy, The Times Literary Supplement'… one of the most important books ever written on the Vietnam War.' Mackubin Thomas Owens, The Weekly Standard'… akin to reading Euripides' tales of self-inflicted woe and missed chances.' Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal'… a brilliant analysis.' Lewis Sorley, Joint Force Quarterly'… definitive …' Guenter Lewy, New York Sun'… a landmark contribution …' Robert F. Turner, Historically Speaking'Moyar makes so many striking contrarian arguments that one hardly knows where to begin. … This is an important book, a history that serves as a mirror on the present.' Robert H. Scales, Wall Street Journal'… thought provoking, exhaustively researched, highly organized, and above all, outstanding.' Rick Baillergeon, History'Moyar, who has strong credentials, has an engaging writing style and supports his arguments with dispassionate research, unlike many earlier revisionists' works … Highly recommended.' Michael O'Donnell, Choice'Thoroughly researched and richly informative … A valuable appraisal.' George Cohen, Booklist'Better late than never.' Stuart Herrington, Parameters'… [a] definitive examination … It is essential reading for anyone wanting a fresh understanding of one of America's longest and most misunderstood conflicts.' Charles Melson, Marine Corps Gazette'Mark Moyar has amply demonstrated the courage of his convictions in this outstanding piece of work, undoubtedly the most important book on Vietnam since Guenter Lewy's America in Vietnam, which sheds important light on the years between the French defeat in Indochina and the beginning of the main US commitment to South East Asia.' The Royal Society for Asian AffairsTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Heritage; 2. Two Vietnams: July 1954–December 1955; 3. Peaceful coexistence: 1956–9; 4. Insurgency: 1960; 5. Commitment: 1961; 6. Rejuvenation: January–June 1962; 7. Attack: July–December 1962; 8. The battle of Ap Bac: January 1963; 9. Diem on trial: February–July 1963; 10. Betrayal: August 1963; 11. Self-destruction: September–November 2, 1963; 12. The return of the twelve warlords: November 3–December 1963; 13. Self-imposed restrictions: January–July 1964; 14. Signals: August–October 1964; 15. Invasion: November–December 1964; 16. The prize for victory: January–May 1965; 17. Decision: June–July 1965.
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Cambridge University Press Slavery Race and Conquest in the Tropics
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Cambridge University Press Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia
Book SynopsisThe 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan near the town of Kargil in contested Kashmir was the first military clash between two nuclear-armed powers since the 1969 Sino-Soviet war. Kargil was a landmark event not because of its duration or casualties, but because it contained a very real risk of nuclear escalation. Until the Kargil conflict, academic and policy debates over nuclear deterrence and proliferation occurred largely on the theoretical level. This deep analysis of the conflict offers scholars and policymakers a rare account of how nuclear-armed states interact during military crisis. Written by analysts from India, Pakistan, and the United States, this unique book draws extensively on primary sources, including unprecedented access to Indian, Pakistani, and U.S. government officials and military officers who were actively involved in the conflict. This is the first rigorous and objective account of the causes, conduct, and consequences of the Kargil conflict.Trade Review'Unlike most discussions of conflict between the nuclear-armed nations of South Asia, this combines contributions from experts in both of those countries, as well as American perspectives. It is especially comprehensive and balanced and blends theory and policy analysis in the best way.' Richard K. Betts, Director, Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, Columbia University'The 1999 Kargil War was a rare and dangerous moment in history when two nuclear powers and two democracies went to war despite the risks of nuclear escalation. This excellent book explains, in more detail and depth than ever before, the crucial decisions made in Islamabad, New Delhi, and in the mountain peaks of Kashmir that led to the Kargil conflict and led to its eventual resolution.' Scott D. Sagan, Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University'The ugly stability in South Asia, unfortunately, will continue to be periodically disrupted by different kinds of limited wars. Peter Lavoy's Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia deserves wide reading because it is a meticulous examination of the first, but perhaps not the last, limited war to occur in the Indian subcontinent under the shadow of nuclear weaponry. Both academics and policymakers alike will be informed - and sobered - by this excellent work.' Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace'This volume is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand Pakistan's military decision-making or the half-war in Kargil in 1999, just a year after India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons. Peter Lavoy, long a scholar of South Asian military affairs, assembled a first-rate team from Pakistan, India and the United States to examine the causes, conduct and impact of the Kargil conflict, based in part on an astonishing number of interviews with high-level participants from both sides. … a book that combines many important insights and a welcome readability.' Survival'… the book has much depth, and will be useful for students, academics and policy-makers interested in South Asian issues … Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia is a comprehensive independent research study that offers rigorous analysis of primary source interviews.' Punam Pandey, Contemporary South AsiaTable of Contents1. Introduction: the importance of the Kargil conflict Peter R. Lavoy; Part I. Causes and Conduct of the Conflict: 2. The strategic context of the Kargil conflict: a Pakistani perspective Zafar Iqbal Cheema; 3. Pakistan's motivations and calculations for the Kargil conflict Feroz Hassan Khan, Peter R. Lavoy and Christopher Clary; 4. Military operations in the Kargil conflict John H. Gill; 5. American diplomacy and the 1999 Kargil Summit at Blair House Bruce Riedel; 6. Kargil: the nuclear dimension Timothy D. Hoyt; 7. Why Kargil did not produce general war: the crisis-management strategies of Pakistan, India, and the United States Peter R. Lavoy; Part II: Consequences and Impact of the Conflict: 8. Surprise at the top of the world: India's systemic and intelligence failure James J. Wirtz and Surinder Rana; 9. Militants in the Kargil conflict: myths, realities, and impacts C. Christine Fair; 10. The impact of the Kargil conflict and Kashmir on Indian politics and society Praveen Swami; 11. The Kargil conflict's impact on Pakistani politics and society Saeed Shafqat; Part III. Lessons Learned: 12. The lessons of Kargil as learned by India Rajesh M. Basrur; 13. The lessons of Kargil as learned by Pakistan Hasan-Askari Rizvi; 14. The Kargil crisis: lessons learned by the United States Rodney W. Jones and Joseph McMillan; 15. Kargil, deterrence, and international relations theory Robert Jervis.
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Cambridge University Press America the Vietnam War and the World Comparative and International Perspectives Publications of the German Historical Institute
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Cambridge University Press Vietnam and the American Political Tradition
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Cambridge University Press Warfare in Independent Africa
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Cambridge University Press Triumph Forsaken The Vietnam War 19541965
Book SynopsisTriumph Forsaken, first published in 2007, overturns most of the historical orthodoxy on the Vietnam War. The book provides many new insights into the overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and the policy options that could have enabled South Vietnam to continue the war without a massive US troop infusion.Trade Review'The most noteworthy aspect of Triumph Forsaken is surely the depth and range of its research … Moyar has provided those who take their history seriously with a stunning performance, and plenty to think about.' James M. Murphy, The Times Literary Supplement'… one of the most important books ever written on the Vietnam War.' Mackubin Thomas Owens, The Weekly Standard'… akin to reading Euripides' tales of self-inflicted woe and missed chances.' Victor Davis Hanson, City Journal'… a brilliant analysis.' Lewis Sorley, Joint Force Quarterly'… definitive …' Guenter Lewy, New York Sun'… a landmark contribution …' Robert F. Turner, Historically Speaking'Moyar makes so many striking contrarian arguments that one hardly knows where to begin. … This is an important book, a history that serves as a mirror on the present.' Robert H. Scales, Wall Street Journal'… thought provoking, exhaustively researched, highly organized, and above all, outstanding.' Rick Baillergeon, History'Moyar, who has strong credentials, has an engaging writing style and supports his arguments with dispassionate research, unlike many earlier revisionists' works … Highly recommended.' Michael O'Donnell, Choice'Thoroughly researched and richly informative … A valuable appraisal.' George Cohen, Booklist'Better late than never.' Stuart Herrington, Parameters'… [a] definitive examination … It is essential reading for anyone wanting a fresh understanding of one of America's longest and most misunderstood conflicts.' Charles Melson, Marine Corps Gazette'Mark Moyar has amply demonstrated the courage of his convictions in this outstanding piece of work, undoubtedly the most important book on Vietnam since Guenter Lewy's America in Vietnam, which sheds important light on the years between the French defeat in Indochina and the beginning of the main US commitment to South East Asia.' The Royal Society for Asian AffairsTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Heritage; 2. Two Vietnams: July 1954–December 1955; 3. Peaceful coexistence: 1956–9; 4. Insurgency: 1960; 5. Commitment: 1961; 6. Rejuvenation: January–June 1962; 7. Attack: July–December 1962; 8. The battle of Ap Bac: January 1963; 9. Diem on trial: February–July 1963; 10. Betrayal: August 1963; 11. Self-destruction: September–November 2, 1963; 12. The return of the twelve warlords: November 3–December 1963; 13. Self-imposed restrictions: January–July 1964; 14. Signals: August–October 1964; 15. Invasion: November–December 1964; 16. The prize for victory: January–May 1965; 17. Decision: June–July 1965.
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Cambridge University Press The Fall of Napoleon Volume 1 The Allied Invasion of France 18131814 Cambridge Military Histories
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Cambridge University Press Ghosts of War in Vietnam 27 Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press Iraq in Wartime Soldiering Martyrdom and Remembrance
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Cambridge University Press Inventing Vietnam The United States and State Building 19541968
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Cambridge University Press The Impact of Napoleon
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American Civil War and Reconstruction
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the American Civil War and Reconstruction
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Cambridge University Press The Last Days of English Tangier The OutLetter Book of Governor Percy Kirke 16811683 Volume 66
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Cambridge University Press The Spanish Civil War Cambridge Essential Histories
Book SynopsisThis book is a general history of the Spanish Civil War, providing a clear and objective account of its origins in Spanish domestic affairs.Trade Review'Payne, drawing on his knowledge and research on Spanish history, has written a legible (rather than just academic) history of the origins, political and military development, and consequences of the Spanish Civil War. His familiarity with twentieth-century European history enables him to place it in a comparative perspective. An important and objective work that … will generate interesting debates.' Juan J. Linz, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Political and Social Science, Yale University'Stanley Payne has written a fine introductory history of the Spanish Civil War. Based on an unrivalled mastery of the huge historiography of the topic, Payne's volume convincingly dispels many of the myths that still surround the fratricidal conflict. It will be indispensable not just to students but to anyone interested in understanding one of the bitterest wars of the twentieth century.' Julius Ruiz, University of Edinburgh'This is an extremely insightful book that has remarkably condensed analytical power. Payne's vast knowledge has generated an up-to-date and inclusive history of the Spanish conflict. He situates the Spanish Civil War in the context of revolutionary and counterrevolutionary confrontations in Europe, from the French Revolution to World War II. Furthermore, he succinctly and skillfully places the conflict within the long history of Spain. There is no better synthesis.' Michael Seidman, University of North Carolina Wilmington'It seems providential that one S. Payne should produce the most accomplished non-native writing on Spain's recent past. In his sixth decade of research, Stanley Payne has acquired wisdom beyond maturity. No living historian thinks so broadly or writes so cogently. Few authorities survey the scarred landscape of the tortured twentieth century with such a cool, forensic gaze. His standards of consideration and interpretation are elevated – and for readers, elevating. Perhaps surprisingly, this latest book is Payne's first comprehensive study of the Spanish Civil War. It prioritizes recent work without neglecting the packed storehouse of earlier scholarship. It should become an indispensable guide to its endlessly complex and supremely significant subject.' Rob Stradling, Professor Emeritus of History, Cardiff University'Essential for interwar and/or modern Spain graduate collections. Highly recommended.' Choice'Stanley Payne's study of the Spanish Civil War and the events leading up to that cataclysm is the latest work by one of America's premier historians of Europe.' Paul Gottfried, The American Conservative'The Spanish Civil War still excites strong passions … is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand that controversial event … Payne's book restores scholarly standards to a field that remains more than ever beset by ideological controversy.' Paul Gottfried, Chronicles MagazineTable of Contents1. Modernization and conflict in Spain; 2. From revolutionary insurrection to popular front; 3. The breakdown of democracy; 4. The military insurrection of the eighteenth of July; 5. The Battle of Madrid - the first turning point; 6. Revolution; 7. Terror; 8. A war of religion; 9. Franco's counter-revolution; 10. Foreign intervention and non-intervention; 11. Soviet policy in Spain, 1936–9; 12. The propaganda and culture war; 13. A second counter-revolution?: the power struggle in the republican zone; 14. The decisive northern campaigns of 1937–8; 15. The war at sea and in the air; 16. Civil wars within a civil war; 17. The war in perspective; 18. Costs and consequences: the long dictatorship.
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Cambridge University Press I Freed Myself African American SelfEmancipation in the Civil War Era
Book SynopsisFor a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant narrative of African American freedom in the Civil War era. However, David Williams suggests that this portrayal marginalizes the role that African American slaves played in freeing themselves. At the Civil War's outset, Lincoln made clear his intent was to save the Union rather than free slaves - despite his personal distaste for slavery, he claimed no authority to interfere with the institution. By the second year of the war, though, when the Union army was in desperate need of black support, former slaves who escaped to Union lines struck a bargain: they would fight for the Union only if they were granted their freedom. Williams importantly demonstrates that freedom was not simply the absence of slavery but rather a dynamic process enacted by self-emancipated African American refugees, which compelled Lincoln to modify his war aims and place black freedom at the center of his wTrade Review'If asked 'who freed the slaves?' most Americans would probably still answer Abraham Lincoln. But that answer does not do justice to the far more complicated process by which freedom was achieved or give credit to the primary movers behind it. This book reclaims the term 'self-emancipation', which only fell out of favor after the Civil War, to show how slaves were central to initiating and sustaining their own freedom. It is an imminently readable and engaging testament of stories that emanate from below, which provide a fuller picture of how the nation survived one of its most searing crises.' Tera Hunter, Princeton University'I Freed Myself challenges more than a century of accepted scholarship that has situated Lincoln at the center of the emancipation story. By making black voices loud and clear, David Williams tells a story that historians will no longer be able to dismiss: how African Americans, the most powerless people in American history, collectively forced emancipation to be the fulcrum of the American Civil War and won their own freedom.' Scott Hancock, Gettysburg College'Mastering primary sources and a vast secondary literature, and writing with verve and clarity, David Williams has made an important, lasting contribution to studies of the Civil War era. His book proves beyond doubt that the actions of America's slaves repeatedly, and in many different ways, pushed emancipation onto the nation's agenda.' Paul Escott, Wake Forest University'Timely and engaging, I Freed Myself offers a bold and unapologetic challenge to the conventional narrative of one of the most significant events in American history. Demonstrating that black freedom wasn't bequeathed in an eloquent proclamation or bestowed as an inadvertent by-product of the Civil War, Williams draws on recent scholarship and his own meticulous research to place African Americans at the center of a negotiated process through which they leveraged their freedom. This is a passionately argued, gracefully written, and genuinely provocative book, one that deserves a wide readership and a place in undergraduate classrooms.' Mark Hersey, Mississippi State University'One of the most accomplished and often most provocative historians of the Civil War home front, Williams has long stressed class conflict and grassroots dissent as integral parts of a social struggle waged in the North and the South from 1861 through 1865. … it is the cumulative effect of multiple stories, voices, and perspectives, laid out in forceful and often-impassioned prose that renders Williams' account so fresh and so convincing. From the outbreak of the Civil War, African Americans turned what was meant to be a conflict to restore the Union into a war for their freedom. I Freed Myself fully lives up to its bold title by effectively documenting the variety of forms that 'self-emancipation' took and the variety of fronts on which it played out.' John C. Inscoe, The Journal of American History'Williams has written a provocative, authoritative entry into the scholarly debate over African American emancipation in the Civil War era. He takes issue with those who argue that slavery was ended primarily by national leaders and the political process that culminated in the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. Rather, he argues, blacks were largely 'self-emancipated' - the collective weight of their own actions against the teetering institution of slavery. In Williams' telling, emancipation was thus a process of both Northern and Southern African Americans pushing a reluctant class of leaders to frame policies that only partially reflected the actual progress of blacks' claiming freedom for themselves. Therefore, the full potential of emancipation was never realized, with white resistance (both implicit and explicit) limiting freedmen's and freedwomen's scope of liberty. Williams' archival research is prodigious and his argument convincing. A must read for students of the era. Summing up: essential.' K. M. Gannon, Choice'This is an important, inspiring, and at times a rather sad book about African American fights for freedom in the Civil War era. Williams makes a vital historiographical contribution to his field and uses a vast array of primary sources to make the point that enslaved people ultimately freed themselves. Situating black people's fight for freedom within a long-run context of resistance to oppression, Williams argues for survival as a form of resistance, that black people fought for freedom by degrees, and for continuities in racial oppression running through slavery, the Civil War and subsequent emancipation. Throughout this book, Williams draws upon a wide range of primary evidence … this significant work provides an important counter-narrative, especially for more general readers of the Civil War era.' Emily West, Civil War Book Review'David Williams has given us a thorough and provocative statement of the 'self-emancipation thesis' and in the process has painted a vivid picture of slave flight, slave resistance, and slave collaboration with the Union armies. Together they form a composite picture of an oppressive institution being dramatically shaken to pieces from within.' Allen Carl Guelzo, The Journal of the Civil War Era'… Williams has provided a potent readable account replete with African American voices: one that reveals their central role in ending slavery and expanding the boundaries of freedom.' Robert Colby, North Carolina Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: following the footsteps of slaves; 1. 'Yes, we all shall be free': pressing the nation toward freedom; 2. 'Shedding the first blood': forcing a war for freedom; 3. 'Ready to die for liberty': expanding the boundaries of freedom; 4. 'Full equality before the law': claiming the rights of freedom; 5. 'All we ask is justice': continuing struggles for freedom.
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Cambridge University Press The IranIraq War
Book SynopsisThe Iran-Iraq War is one of the largest, yet least documented conflicts of the twentieth century. Drawing from an extensive cache of captured Iraqi government records, this book offers an unparalleled military and strategic account of the war through the lens of the Iraqi regime and its senior military commanders.Trade Review'This is a fascinating and revealing history of the Iran-Iraq War which draws on a wealth of captured Iraqi sources to provide a unique picture of Saddam Hussein's decision-making.' Nigel Ashton, London School of Economics and Political Science'Murray and Woods shed new light on the war and its conduct at the highest levels mainly from the Iraqi, but also from the Iranian point of view. The book serves as a valuable contribution to our understanding of the war that has important ramifications to contemporary military thinking. The authors deserve much praise for these new insights.' Amatzia Baram, University of Haifa, Israel'With unique access to vital source materials, Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods plumb the depths of the ruthlessness, fanaticism, operational incapacity and incompetence that shaped the eight-year Iran-Iraq War. There are lessons here on success and failure for us all to learn.' John Gooch, University of Leeds'This book provides a rich seam of material for anyone studying the period or subsequent Middle Eastern history and provides valuable insights into Saddam's attitudes; his enthusiasm for chemical weapons makes for particularly chilling reading … this is one of the most important studies to date on the strategic history and military aspects of the Iran-Iraq War … [It] will appeal not only to those interested in the conflict itself but should be essential reading for those studying its aftermath.' E. R. Hooton, The British Journal of Military History'This is an excellent book. Murray and Woods do not drown readers in the jargon of the subject, and they meticulously explain everything in their well-researched and enormously interesting work. They develop their themes rapidly and cleanly. Fully explained are the incompetence, factors of fear and coercion, useless battles, countless dead, and wholesale destruction, all driven by the leaders' egos on both sides and regardless of the treasures destroyed … a superb book, well written without biases and a breath of fresh air on a difficult subject, without the mist, fog, and haze that usually come with the literature in this field. Mandatory for graduate students. Summing up: highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' N. E. Bou-Nacklie, Choice'Williamson Murray and Kevin M. Woods have produced an exceptionally detailed and valuable book on the military dimensions of the Iran-Iraq War. This work has many positive aspects, but its most unique feature is the extensive use of previously unavailable captured Iraq documents … In sum, this book emerges as the definitive work on the Iraqi perspective of the Iran-Iraq war, and is probably the best study on military aspects of the conflict as a whole.' W. Andrew Terrill, Middle East JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A context of 'bitterness and anger'; 3. The opponents; 4. 1980: the Iraqi invasion begins; 5. 1981–2: stalemate; 6. Defeat and recovery; 7. 1983–4: a war of attrition; 8. 1985–6: dog days of a long war; 9. 1987–8: an end in sight?; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Rebels against the Confederacy
Book SynopsisThis book analyzes the secret world of hundreds of white and black Southern Unionists as they struggled for survival in a new Confederate world, resisted the imposition of Confederate military and civil authority, began a diffuse underground movement to destroy the Confederacy, joined the United States Army as soldiers, and waged a series of violent guerrilla battles against other Southerners.Trade Review'A well-researched, lucidly written, and convincing exploration of southern Unionism during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Highly recommended.' Mark Grimsley, Ohio State University'Barton Myers uncovers the clandestine networks, mortal risks, and stout hearts of North Carolinians who challenged Confederate authority and southern memory by siding with the Union. Connecting the social, political and military dimensions of loyalty with deep insight and empathy, Rebels against the Confederacy explains how diverse, loyal citizens endured daily trials and lifelong consequences for their actions. Civil War historians and enthusiasts alike will profit from this excellent book.' Jason Phillips, West Virginia University'A very valuable book. Barton Myers's intelligent and sensitive treatment of Southern Unionists adds great clarity to a complex topic. His investigation of the nature and meaning of dissent is based on a creative and extensive reading of the evidence, judicious analysis, and admirably clear writing. He demonstrates the impact of Unionism on the course of the war in North Carolina and provides a model for careful analysis of opposition experience in wartime.' Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Louisiana State University'Myers's fast-paced Rebels against the Confederacy rescues from oblivion the stories and lives of North Carolina's Unionist resisters. Drawing heavily on the Southern Claims Commission case files, he charts their various forms of resistance, persecution by Confederates, and obliteration from historical memory by Lost Cause and later historians. Myers's splendid study uncovers the shattered lives of those 'rebels against a rebellion', uncovering a hitherto ignored chapter of Unionism embedded deeply within the Confederacy.' John David Smith, University of North Carolina, Charlotte'There is much to admire in Myers's readable and nuanced case study that shows how, at least in North Carolina, unionist opposition to the Confederacy contributed to the nascent nation's downfall. Relying on a combination of social, political, and military history, he describes the persecution of Unionists, the ways in which they resisted Confederate authority, and how they fared after the war.' Daniel E. Sutherland, University of Arkansas'Barton A. Myers adds significantly to the extensive scholarship on Confederate residents who opposed their states' participation in the Civil War … readers will be … impressed by the fascinating stories Myers extracted from the many pages of testimony in each claim. The stories illuminate the suffering these North Carolinians experienced as well as their collective role in impeding the Confederacy … By tracing the lives of unconditional Unionists into the postwar South and revealing the 'violence, economic discrimination, and health struggles' these individuals encountered, Myers explains how their weakened and dispersed nature impeded their ability to tell their story. But even more critical was the desire in the region to expunge Southern history of its Unionist experience to maintain the myth of Confederate unity during the conflict. Myers deserves credit for his critical role in reversing this regional amnesia.' Robert C. Kenzer, The Journal of American HistoryTable of Contents1. Secession: 'it was perfect madness'; 2. Confederate control: 'such a monarchical or tyrannical government'; 3. Resistance: 'I never wanted any other flag to wave over my head'; 4. Irregular wars: 'a state of insurrection against the laws'; 5. Unionists under Reconstruction (and in repose): 'I don't feel safe'; 6. Epilogue: 'all classes in the South united as by magic'.
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Cambridge University Press NineteenthCentury American Literature and the Long Civil War 174 Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series Number 174
Book SynopsisAmerican literature in the nineteenth century is often divided into two asymmetrical halves, neatly separated by the Civil War. In Nineteenth-Century American Literature and the Long Civil War, Cody Marrs argues that the war is a far more elastic boundary for literary history than has frequently been assumed. Focusing on the later writings of Walt Whitman, Frederick Douglass, Herman Melville, and Emily Dickinson, this book shows how the war took imaginative shape across, and even beyond, the nineteenth century, inflecting literary forms and expressions for decades after 1865. These writers, Marrs demonstrates, are best understood not as antebellum or postbellum figures but as transbellum authors who cipher their later experiences through their wartime impressions and prewar ideals. This book is a bold, revisionary contribution to debates about temporality, periodization, and the shape of American literary history.Table of Contents1. Walt Whitman's dialectics; 2. Frederick Douglass's revisions; 3. Herman Melville's Civil Wars; 4. Emily Dickinson's erasures.
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Cambridge University Press War and Memory in Lebanon
Book SynopsisFrom 1975 to 1990, Lebanon endured one of the most protracted and bloody civil wars of the twentieth century. Sune Haugbolle's often poignant book chronicles the battle over ideas that emerged from the wreckage of that war.Trade Review'With great analytical skill, Haugbolle presents a fascinating account of the different ways in which the Lebanese remember their civil wars in opposition to an official stance that, far from seeking truth and reconciliation, attempts to distort the memories and even obliterate them from popular culture.' Michael Johnson, Former Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Sussex and the author of All Honourable Men: The Social Origins of War in LebanonTable of ContentsPrologue: a hiatus of history; 1. Remembering a war of selves and others; 2. Culture, politics, civil war; 3. Discourses on amnesia and reconstruction: memory in the 1990s; 4. Nostalgias; 5. Inside violence; 6. Sectarian memory cultures; 7. Truth telling in the Independence Intifada; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The Crimean War in the British Imagination 68 Cambridge Studies in NineteenthCentury Literature and Culture Series Number 68
Book SynopsisThe Crimean War (1854â6) was the first to be fought in the era of modern communications, and it had a profound influence on British literary culture, bringing about significant shifts in perceptions of heroism and national identity. In this book, Stefanie Markovits explores how mid-Victorian writers and artists reacted to an unpopular war: one in which home-front reaction was conditioned by an unprecedented barrage of information arriving from the front. This history had formal consequences. How does patriotic poetry translate the blunders of the Crimea into verse? How does the shape of literary heroism adjust to a war that produced not only heroes but a heroine, Florence Nightingale? How does the predominant mode of journalism affect artistic representations of 'the real'? By looking at the journalism, novels, poetry, and visual art produced in response to the war, Stefanie Markovits demonstrates the tremendous cultural force of this relatively short conflict.Trade Review'… [an] imaginative and thought-provoking study …' Contemporary ReviewTable of ContentsPreface: the blossom of war; A brief history of the war: Part I. Rushing into Print: Journalism and the Crimean War: 1. 'The Times war'; 2. 'Mr. Russell's 'war''; 3. 'The people's war'; Part II. From Amyas Leigh to Aurora Leigh: Gender and Heroism in the Novels of the Crimean War: 1. Eastward ho?: the Kingsleys, the Crimean War, and the novel; 2. From East and West to North and South; 3. 'Heroic womanhood'; Part III. 'The Song that Nerves a Nation's Heart': The Poetry of The Crimean War: 1. The poetic (battle-) field; 2. Giving voice to the war: Tennyson's Charge and Maud's battle-song; Part IV. Painters of Modern Life: (Re)mediating the Crimean War in the Art of John Leech and John Everett Millais: 1. 'Nothing like knowing the country'; 2. Playing at war; 3. Peace concluded?; Afterword: Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler, the roll call, and the afterlife of the Crimean War.
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Cambridge University Press Print Publicity and Popular Radicalism in the 1790s
Book SynopsisA revisionary account, by a leading scholar, of the turbulent decade of the 1790s, during which radical ideas spread to Britain from revolutionary France and were circulated and popularised in new ways. The study offers a general account together with case studies of key individuals of the period. This title is also available as Open Access.Trade Review'A fascinating and insightful look at a very dangerous time in British history, Mee's excellent book also speaks directly to us in the early 21st century as radicals once more try to disrupt civilisation.' Sun News Austin (www.sunnewsaustin.com)'… [this is] a book of very high quality, a cultural history both nourished by … deep research in archives and problematized by theoretical contributions through very fine micro-readings.' Rémy Duthille, translated from Revue de la Société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe sièclesTable of ContentsIntroduction: the open theatre of the world?; Part I. Publicity, Print, and Association: 1. Popular radical print culture: 'the more public the better'; 2. The radical associations and 'the general will'; Part II. Radical Personalities: 3. 'Once a squire and now a man': Robert Merry and the pains of politics; 4. 'The ablest head, with the blackest heart:' Charles Pigott and the scandal of radicalism; 5. Citizen Lee at 'The tree of liberty'; 6. John Thelwall and the 'whole will of the nation'.
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Cambridge University Press Ghosts of War in Vietnam
Book SynopsisThis book is a fascinating study of the Vietnamese experience and memory of the Vietnam War. Heonik Kwon illuminates critical issues of war and collective memory in Vietnam by examining stories about spirits of the war dead claiming social justice and about his own efforts to wrestle with the presence of ghosts.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'The voices of Americans lost, dead, maimed physically or psychologically, fill the bookshelves. For the most part the voices of Vietnamese, living or dead, are unavailable. In his powerfully moving and beautifully written book, The Ghosts of War in Vietnam, Heonik Kwon enables those voices to be heard. The ghosts of Vietnam's wars are not metaphorical but vital presences through which Vietnamese understand their recent history, reflect on all that has happened since and attempt to resolve the contradictions of the present. These are ghost stories that will haunt you. No other book I have read about contemporary Vietnam so thoroughly, painfully, and intelligently illuminates both the country's past and present. Ghost of War in Vietnam is an indispensable book.' Marilyn Young, New York UniversityReview of the hardback: 'Through a rich, supple and creative analysis of what the author persuasively argues is the omnipresence of ghosts and ghost stories in wartime and postwar Vietnam, Ghosts of War in Vietnam addresses the complexities of war and memory in Vietnam in ways that will undoubtedly have a transformative impact on the study of the American war in Vietnam, the relationship between decolonization and the Cold War and the nature of historical memory in the post Cold War era. It will without question become one of the indispensable works on war and memory in the modern era.' Mark Philip Bradley, Northwestern UniversityReview of the hardback: 'Heonik Kwon has written an outstanding book: Part history, part anthropology, part literary study, it opens up the study of the Vietnam War in a way that no other work of scholarship has done. By giving ghosts of many forms the place they deserve in the Vietnamese tragedy, Kwon tells us much that we need to know about the war, its aftermath, and about issues of death, displacement and commemoration in today's Vietnamese society.' O. A. Westad, Cold War Studies Centre, LSEReview of the hardback: 'Taking a unique approach to the cultural history of war, the author introduces stories about spirits claiming social justice and about his own efforts to wrestle with the physical and spiritual presence of ghosts.' The Times Higher Education SupplementReview of the hardback: 'This is a rare study that will open new avenues of inquiry in Vietnamese studies. Even more important, Kwon's methodology is groundbreaking in understanding not only the Vietnam War, but also war and society in the larger world community. Summing up: highly recommended. All levels/libraries.' Choice Reviews OnlineReview of the hardback: '… unique and revealing …' New York Review of BooksReview of the hardback: 'Kwon's book transcends its origins as an academic anthropological study to paint a profoundly moving psychic portrait of a war-damaged country that may never be at peace.' The ScotsmanReview of the hardback: 'Heonik Kwon throws the reader with such compulsion into the lives of the wandering spirits of the wars in Vietnam that it is almost impossible to put this original, imaginative, and sensitive book down. … Ghosts of War in Vietnam is anthropology at its best. It will without doubt become a classic text of anthropology, and I hope one that is crucial to international relations, religious studies, sociological theory, political science, cold war studies, and conflict, war, and peace studies.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute'… richly detailed narratives… a strong and unique contribution to a growing body of anthropological and historical literature on war memory in late socialist Vietnam …' Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Ghosts of war; 2. Mass excavation; 3. Missing in action; 4. The phantom leg; 5. Death in the street; 6. Transforming ghosts; 7. Money for ghosts; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press The IranIraq War A Military And Strategic History
Book SynopsisThe Iran-Iraq War is one of the largest, yet least documented conflicts of the twentieth century. Drawing from an extensive cache of captured Iraqi government records, this book offers an unparalleled military and strategic account of the war through the lens of the Iraqi regime and its senior military commanders.Trade Review'This is a fascinating and revealing history of the Iran-Iraq War which draws on a wealth of captured Iraqi sources to provide a unique picture of Saddam Hussein's decision-making.' Nigel Ashton, London School of Economics and Political Science'Murray and Woods shed new light on the war and its conduct at the highest levels mainly from the Iraqi, but also from the Iranian point of view. The book serves as a valuable contribution to our understanding of the war that has important ramifications to contemporary military thinking. The authors deserve much praise for these new insights.' Amatzia Baram, University of Haifa, Israel'With unique access to vital source materials, Williamson Murray and Kevin Woods plumb the depths of the ruthlessness, fanaticism, operational incapacity and incompetence that shaped the eight-year Iran-Iraq War. There are lessons here on success and failure for us all to learn.' John Gooch, University of Leeds'This book provides a rich seam of material for anyone studying the period or subsequent Middle Eastern history and provides valuable insights into Saddam's attitudes; his enthusiasm for chemical weapons makes for particularly chilling reading … this is one of the most important studies to date on the strategic history and military aspects of the Iran-Iraq War … [It] will appeal not only to those interested in the conflict itself but should be essential reading for those studying its aftermath.' E. R. Hooton, The British Journal of Military History'This is an excellent book. Murray and Woods do not drown readers in the jargon of the subject, and they meticulously explain everything in their well-researched and enormously interesting work. They develop their themes rapidly and cleanly. Fully explained are the incompetence, factors of fear and coercion, useless battles, countless dead, and wholesale destruction, all driven by the leaders' egos on both sides and regardless of the treasures destroyed … a superb book, well written without biases and a breath of fresh air on a difficult subject, without the mist, fog, and haze that usually come with the literature in this field. Mandatory for graduate students. Summing up: highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' N. E. Bou-Nacklie, Choice'Williamson Murray and Kevin M. Woods have produced an exceptionally detailed and valuable book on the military dimensions of the Iran-Iraq War. This work has many positive aspects, but its most unique feature is the extensive use of previously unavailable captured Iraq documents … In sum, this book emerges as the definitive work on the Iraqi perspective of the Iran-Iraq war, and is probably the best study on military aspects of the conflict as a whole.' W. Andrew Terrill, Middle East JournalTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. A context of 'bitterness and anger'; 3. The opponents; 4. 1980: the Iraqi invasion begins; 5. 1981–2: stalemate; 6. Defeat and recovery; 7. 1983–4: a war of attrition; 8. 1985–6: dog days of a long war; 9. 1987–8: an end in sight?; 10. Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Red Terror and the Spanish Civil War Revolutionary Violence In Madrid
Book SynopsisThis book deals with one of most controversial issues of the Spanish Civil War (1936â9): the 'Red Terror'. Approximately 50,000 Spaniards were extrajudicially executed in Republican Spain following the failure of the military rebellion in July 1936. This mass killing of 'fascists' seriously undermined attempts by the legally constituted Republican government to present itself in foreign quarters as fighting a war for democracy. This study, based on a wealth of scholarship and archival sources, challenges the common view that executions were the work of criminal or anarchist 'uncontrollables'. Its focus is on Madrid, which witnessed at least 8,000 executions in 1936. It shows that the terror was organized and was carried out with the complicity of the police, and argues that terror was seen as integral to the antifascist war effort. Indeed, the elimination of the internal enemy - the 'Fifth Column' - was regarded as important as the war on the front line.Trade Review'The purpose of Julius Ruiz's study is not to present a lurid description of atrocities, as does much of the literature in this area, but to offer an in-depth study of the institutions and mechanisms of the Republican repression in Madrid. This makes it possible to reveal the structure and functioning of the terror, rather than dwelling on the pathos of victimization alone. Ruiz provides a kind of political history of Madrid on the eve of the Civil War and during the first six months of the conflict, revealing in detail the interplay, competition, and cooperation of the various Republican political forces in organizing and carrying out repression. No previous account has achieved this depth and quality of analysis. Ruiz offers a major contribution to the history of repression in the Civil War, a genuine research breakthrough.' Stanley G. Payne, University of Wisconsin, Madison'This excellent book carefully examines Madrid's 'Red Terror,' that is, the deaths of thousands of rightists in a city controlled by Republican forces during the Spanish Civil War. It provides new information and a convincing interpretation concerning many of the Terror's most important issues - the Soviet role, the Paracuellos massacres, Republican government complicity, participation of various forces of the left, and the influence of so-called uncontrollables. In an innovative manner, it demonstrates the cultural influence of Hollywood gangster films on the assassins, emphasizes the importance of the radio, and shows - in contrast to much of the literature - that the relationship between Nationalist and Republican atrocities was not direct, but rather was indirect. This is probably the best study of terror in a major city during the Spanish conflict.' Michael Seidman, University of North Carolina, Wilmington'His thoroughly researched and clear-eyed analysis of revolutionary terror and politically motivated killings in the city of Madrid goes a long way toward filling a noticeable gap in the historiography of the subject … The 'Red Terror' and the Spanish Civil War … provides the fullest and most factually reliable portrait of a particularly murky chapter of the Civil War.' George Esenwein, The Journal of Modern HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. On the brink; 2. The military rebellion; 3. Antifascist Madrid; 4. Forging the new police; 5. The justice of the people; 6. If it is the will of the people…; 7. Popular tribunals and the Rearguard Vigilance Militias (MVR); 8. A fifth column?; 9. The prison problem; 10. Paracuellos; 11. The dirty war against the fifth column; 12. Dealing with the legacy of the terror: forced labor for fascists, 1937–9; Epilogue; Appendices.
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Cambridge University Press Making Two Vietnams
Book SynopsisNorth and South Vietnamese youths had very different experiences of growing up during the Vietnamese War. The book gives a unique perspective on the conflict through the prism of adult-youth relations. By studying these relations, including educational systems, social organizations, and texts created by and for children during the war, Olga Dror analyzes how the two societies dealt with their wartime experience and strove to shape their futures. She examines the socialization and politicization of Vietnamese children and teenagers, contrasting the North''s highly centralized agenda of indoctrination with the South, which had no such policy, and explores the results of these varied approaches. By considering the influence of Western culture on the youth of the South and of socialist culture on the youth of the North, we learn how the youth cultures of both Vietnams diverged from their prewar paths and from each other.Trade Review'By focusing on 'youths', the future of a nation, and 'education', often described as a powerful weapon which can change the world, Olga Dror has opened a new window for our understanding of the Indochina wars and makes a significant contribution to the historiography of the warring years.' Ang Cheng Guan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore'By bringing to light the sharply contrasting political education and experiences of youths in the two Vietnams, Olga Dror's pathbreaking and masterful study provides a key to understanding both the secret of Hanoi's victory in the civil war and the postwar failure of communism in Vietnam.' Tuong Vu, University of Oregon'… thoughtful, extensively researched and unflinchingly presented analysis, highly recommended especially for public and college library World History collections.' Midwest Book Review Bookwatch'… Making Two Vietnams is a remarkable work. Dror has made a significant and trailblazing contribution to our understanding of the politics and practice of educating Vietnamese youth in the critical years of the Second Indochina War. Her analyses of Vietnamese schools in China and of hippie culture in the RVN break substantial new ground. One hopes that her work will spark further interest in pursuing the comparative social and cultural history of Vietnam during this critical period.' Wynn Gadkar-Wilcox, H-Diplo'… Making Two Vietnams is an extraordinary work … [Dror's] energetic and imaginative research has resulted in a book that deserves to be widely read.' Patricia Pelley, Cross-CurrentsTable of Contents1. Educational systems of the DRV and the RVN; 2. Social organizations in the DRV and the RVN; 3. Publication venues and policies in the DRV and the RVN and prevalent currents in publications; 4. Educational and social narratives through texts in the DRV; 5. Educational and social narratives through texts in the RVN; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press After Saigons Fall
Few historians of the Vietnam War have covered the post-1975 era or engaged comprehensively with refugee politics, humanitarianism, and human rights as defining issues of the period. After Saigon''s Fall is the first major work to uncover this history. Amanda C. Demmer offers a new account of the post-War normalization of USVietnam relations by centering three major transformations of the late twentieth century: the reassertion of the US Congress in American foreign policy; the Indochinese diaspora and changing domestic and international refugee norms; and the intertwining of humanitarianism and the human rights movement. By tracing these domestic, regional, and global phenomena, After Saigon''s Fall captures the contingencies and contradictions inherent in US-Vietnamese normalization. Using previously untapped archives to recover a riveting narrative with both policymakers and nonstate advocates at its center, Demmer''s book also reveals much about US politics and society in the last
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Cambridge University Press After Saigons Fall
Book SynopsisFew historians of the Vietnam War have covered the post-1975 era or engaged comprehensively with refugee politics, humanitarianism, and human rights as defining issues of the period. After Saigon''s Fall is the first major work to uncover this history. Amanda C. Demmer offers a new account of the post-War normalization of USVietnam relations by centering three major transformations of the late twentieth century: the reassertion of the US Congress in American foreign policy; the Indochinese diaspora and changing domestic and international refugee norms; and the intertwining of humanitarianism and the human rights movement. By tracing these domestic, regional, and global phenomena, After Saigon''s Fall captures the contingencies and contradictions inherent in US-Vietnamese normalization. Using previously untapped archives to recover a riveting narrative with both policymakers and nonstate advocates at its center, Demmer''s book also reveals much about US politics and society in the last Trade Review'1975 was not just the end of the Vietnam War, this path breaking book argues, but also the start of a new chapter in US-Vietnamese relations, entered on the messy politics of normalization. After Saigon's Fall will be essential reading for scholars of human rights, humanitarianism, and 20th century international history.' Julia F. Irwin, author of Making the World Safe: The American Red Cross and a Nation's Humanitarian Awakening'Demmer's book beautifully evokes the bodies that loomed over efforts at US-Vietnamese normalization - the POW/MIAs for whom Americans demanded a 'full accounting' and the Vietnamese who migrated en masse to the United States in the decades following the war. As she illuminates the war's final chapter, Demmer exposes the myriad ways in which family reunification was at the center of reconciliation efforts after Saigon's fall.' Sarah Snyder, author of From Selma to Moscow: How Human Rights Activists Transformed U.S. Foreign Policy'Built on impressive research and showcasing incisive analysis, After Saigon's Fall shows how migration vitally shaped the post-war relationship between Vietnam and the United States. Astute and engaging, Amanda Demmer's book is a must read for scholars of immigration, the Cold War, and human rights and humanitarianism.' Carl J. Bon Tempo, author of Americans at the Gate: The United States and Refugees during the Cold War'In After Saigon's Fall, Amanda Demmer examines the interconnectedness of war and peace. By foregrounding refugees, the politics of humanitarianism, and the memory of war, she offers profound insights of how the aftermath of war is in many ways its continuation.' Judy Wu, author of Radicals on the Road: Internationalism, Orientalism and Feminism during the Vietnam EraTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: 1. The fall of Saigon; 2. Human rights, refugees, and normalization; Part II: 3. Expanding the US agenda; 4. US-SRV cooperation; Part III: 5. Refugees and the road map; 6. Humanitarian issues, human rights, and ongoing normalization; Conclusion.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Lincolns Assassins
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Tragedy of the Templars
Book SynopsisFrom Michael Haag, bestselling author of The Templars: The History and the Myth, comes The Tragedy of the Templars, an exciting new look at the rise of Templar power and the saga of their destruction. Founded on Christmas Day 1119 in Jerusalem, the Knights Templar was a religious order dedicated to defending the Holy Land and its Christian pilgrims in the decades after the First Crusade. Legendary for their bravery and dedication, the Templars became one of the wealthiest and most powerful bodies of the medieval world—and the chief defenders of Christian society against growing Muslim forces. In The Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States, Haag masterfully details the conflicts and betrayals that sent this faction of powerful knights spiraling from domination to condemnation. This stirring and thoroughly researched work of historical investigation includes maps and full-colo
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Penguin Putnam Inc Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an
Book SynopsisAn updated edition of a classic African American autobiography, with new supplementary materialsA Penguin Vitae EditionThe preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to the North in 1838, how he endured the daily physical and spiritual brutalities of his owners and driver, how he learned to read and write, and how he grew into a man who could only live free or die. In addition to Douglass’s classic autobiography, this new edition also includes his most famous speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” and his only known work of fiction, The Heroic Slave, which was written, in part, as a response to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin.Penguin Classics presents Penguin Vitae, loosely translated as “Penguin of one&rsquo
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Oxford University Press Inc Fateful Lightning
Book SynopsisThe Civil War is the greatest trauma ever experienced by the American nation, a four-year paroxysm of violence that left in its wake more than 600,000 dead, more than 2 million refugees, and the destruction (in modern dollars) of more than $700 billion in property. The war also sparked some of the most heroic moments in American history and enshrined a galaxy of American heroes. Above all, it permanently ended the practice of slavery and proved, in an age of resurgent monarchies, that a liberal democracy could survive the most frightful of challenges. In Fateful Lightning, two-time Lincoln Prize-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo offers a marvelous portrait of the Civil War and its era, covering not only the major figures and epic battles, but also politics, religion, gender, race, diplomacy, and technology. And unlike other surveys of the Civil War era, it extends the reader''s vista to include the postwar Reconstruction period and discusses the modern-day legacy of the Civil War in American literature and popular culture. Guelzo also puts the conflict in a global perspective, underscoring Americans'' acute sense of the vulnerability of their republic in a world of monarchies. He examines the strategy, the tactics, and especially the logistics of the Civil War and brings the most recent historical thinking to bear on emancipation, the presidency and the war powers, the blockade and international law, and the role of intellectuals, North and South. Written by a leading authority on our nation''s most searing crisis, Fateful Lightning offers a vivid and original account of an event whose echoes continue with Americans to this day.Trade Review"Guelzo has a masterful command of the intricate narrative of the Civil War period. His tale contains familiar stories, but also new insights." --Journal of American History "Guelzo's book is a shining example of the virtues of the macro approach when it is undertaken with energy and efficiency. By panning out and reviewing the events that occurred over several decades, Guelzo offers a useful synthesis of the developing Civil War narrative..." --The New York Times "It's hard to imagine a better one-volume history of the American Civil War than Gettysburg College professor Allen C. Guelzo's new work." --The Washington Times "Guelzo's prose is graceful and erudite - indeed, almost poetic. His is as comfortable with military topics as he is with the political, social, and economic aspects of the war and its aftermath." --The Weekly Standard "Allen C. Guelzo's new book should occupy the same position in the current Civil War sesquicentennial as Bruce Catton's books did 50 years ago during the war's centennial. Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War & Reconstruction deserves this prominence for Guelzo's thorough knowledge of the subject, his ability to draw fresh conclusion, and his exceptional writing skills." --The Saturday Evening Post "This is an outstanding effort to recount and explain our greatest national trauma to general readers." --Booklist "With his accustomed eloquence and erudition, Allen C. Guelzo has produced a grand and sweeping account of the Civil War, vividly depicting its events, its characters, and, most of all, the ideas that drove them. Fateful Lightning is destined to take its place alongside the classic narratives of the nation's greatest crisis." --Steven E. Woodworth, author of This Great Struggle: America's Civil War "[A] splendidly-written narrative" --Civil War Book Review "Fateful Lightning is a splendid accomplishment." --David Frum, Daily Beast "Fateful Lightning is a wonderful book. It is the summit of a long career of a consumate historian. ... [A] timely addition to a long tradition of scholarly histories of both the Civil War and Reconstruction. ... Guelzo seamlessly weaves the history of actual warfare with other cultural and historical events of the time. ... Because it is so well-written and produces such an engrossing story, it is one that students and scholars alike will relish." --International Social Science ReviewTable of ContentsChapter 1: A Nation Announcing Itself Chapter 2: The Disillusion of Compromise Chapter 3: From Debate to Civil War Chapter 4: To War Upon Slavery: The East and Emancipation, 1861-1862 Chapter 5: Elusive Victories: East and West, 1862-1863 Chapter 6: The Soldier's Tale Chapter 7: The Manufacture of War Chapter 8: Year That Trembled: East and West, 1863 Chapter 9: World Turned Upside Down Chapter 10: Stalemate and Triumph Chapter 11: A Dim Shore Ahead Epilogue Index
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The University of Chicago Press Confederate Cities The Urban South during the
Book SynopsisWhen we talk about the Civil War, we often describe it in terms of battles that took place in small towns or in the countryside: Antietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run, and, most tellingly, the Battle of the Wilderness. One reason this picture has persisted is that few urban historians have studied the war, even though cities hosted, enabled, and shaped Southern society as much as they did in the North. Confederate Cities, edited by Andrew L. Slap and Frank Towers, shifts the focus from the agrarian economy that undergirded the South to the cities that served as its political and administrative hubs. The contributors use the lens of the city to examine now-familiar Civil War-era themes, including the scope of the war, secession, gender, emancipation, and war's destruction. This more integrative approach dramatically revises our understanding of slavery's relationship to capitalist economics and cultural modernity. By enabling a more holistic reading of the South, the book speaks to contemporar
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University of Chicago Press The Limits of Sovereignty Property Confiscation
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Random House USA Inc American Creation
Book SynopsisNational BestsellerAcclaimed historian Joseph J. Ellis brings his unparalleled talents to this riveting account of the early years of the Republic.The last quarter of the eighteenth century remains the most politically creative era in American history, when a dedicated group of men undertook a bold experiment in political ideals. It was a time of both triumphs and tragedies—all of which contributed to the shaping of our burgeoning nation. Ellis casts an incisive eye on the gradual pace of the American Revolution and the contributions of such luminaries as Washington, Jefferson, and Madison, and brilliantly analyzes the failures of the founders to adequately solve the problems of slavery and the treatment of Native Americans. With accessible prose and stunning eloquence, Ellis delineates in American Creation an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more important than ever.
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