Now, if you think is something of a pedestrian framework with which to engage Civil War history, I’ll note that I have had this conversation with some of the most prominent scholars in the field…and the debates were (nearly) as heated as any other.
Read MoreJeffry Wert’s Isoroku Yamamoto-esque “sleeping giant” metaphor certainly works, but only because he couples it with a review of the individuals who had the determination and the foresight to use what they had before them.
Read MoreHolzer’s analysis illustrates Lincoln’s political cunning, intentional obfuscation, and deliberate planting of information in order to finesse the notion of emancipation for an uneasy citizenry. Emancipating Lincoln offers some surprising conclusions, suggesting that Lincoln’s image as emancipator was longer coming than we might have previously imagined.
Read MoreCapt. Allen has certainly grown weary of his life as a prisoner of war.
Read MoreReaders interested in the war narrative as understood through the mind of a young man behind the lines will find Janet Elizabeth Croon’s editing accomplishments worthy of celebration. Her exhaustive work helps the reader negotiate the many obstacles that emerge from Gresham’s pen as fact, rumor, and pure misinformation.
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