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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hoosiers on the Home Front is a timely reminder of the nuanced dilemmas we face in defining "patriotism" in times of crisis. The spectrum of Indiana voices from the Civil War to Vietnam speaks loudly to all Americans grappling with the complex political and social challenges posed by war."—Tracy Campbell, E. Vernon Smith and Eloise C. Smith Professor, University of Kentucky
Table of ContentsIntroduction
"Absent So long from those I love": The Civil War Letters of Joshua Jones
Democratic Attitudes in Johnson County during the Civil War Era: A Look at the Demaree Papers
Recollections of Morgan's Raid
The Battle of Corydon
"This Just Hope of Ultimate Payment": The Indiana Morgan's Raid Claims Commission and Harrison County, Indiana, 1863–1887
The Grand Army of the Republic, the Indianapolis 500, and the Struggle for Memorial Day in Indiana, 1868–1923
The War against German-American Culture: The Removal of German-Language Instruction from the Indianapolis Schools, 1917–1919
Draftee's Wife: A Memoir of World War II
Education Denied: Indiana University's Japanese American Ban, 1942 to 1945
"Patriotism May Require Opposing the Government at Certain Times": Howard Zinn's Antiwar Speech at Indiana University, December 1, 1967
The Other Side of Campus Indiana University's Student Right and the Rise of National Conservatism
