作者: Gregory P. Downs

In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims …

At the close of the Civil War, it was clear that the military conflict that began in South Carolina and was fought largely east of the Mississippi River had changed the politics, policy, and daily li …

In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims …

At the close of the Civil War, it was clear that the military conflict that began in South Carolina and was fought largely east of the Mississippi River had changed the politics, policy, and daily li …

Much of the confusion about a central event in United States history begins with the name: the Civil War. In reality, the Civil War was not merely civil–meaning national–and not merely a war, but i …

Much of the confusion about a central event in United States history begins with the name: the Civil War. In reality, the Civil War was not merely civil–meaning national–and not merely a war, but i …

At the close of the Civil War, it was clear that the military conflict that began in South Carolina and was fought largely east of the Mississippi River had changed the politics, policy, and daily li …

Much of the confusion about a central event in United States history begins with the name: the Civil War. In reality, the Civil War was not merely civil–meaning national–and not merely a war, but i …

In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not in independence but in voluntary claims …

"Original and revelatory."-David Blight, author of Frederick Douglass Avery O. Craven Award Finalist A Civil War Memory/Civil War Monitor Best Book of the Year In April 1865, Robert E. Lee …