""It is well that war is so terrible," Robert E. Lee reportedly said, "or we would grow too fond of it." The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war ter-rible again. Taking a "freakonomics" approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind ..."
"“It is well that war is so terrible,” Robert E. Lee reportedly said, “or we would grow too fond of it.” The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war terrible again. Taking a “freakonomics” approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind ..."
War Matters Material Culture in the Civil War Era by Joan E. Cashin 280 Pages, Published 2018 by Unc Press Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4696-4321-2, ISBN: 1-4696-4321-9
The Most Hated Man in Kentucky The Lost Cause and the Legacy of Union General Stephen Burbridge by Brad Asher 286 Pages, Published 2021 by University Press Of Kentucky ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-8138-7, ISBN: 0-8131-8138-0
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Looming Civil War How Nineteenth-Century Americans Imagined the Future by Jason Phillips 352 Pages, Published 2018 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-086817-8, ISBN: 0-19-086817-1
Our Country Northern Evangelicals and the Union during the Civil War Era by Grant R. Brodrecht 288 Pages, Published 2018 by Fordham University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8232-7993-7, ISBN: 0-8232-7993-6
Empty Sleeves(1st Edition) Amputation in the Civil War South (UnCivil Wars Ser.) by Brian Craig Miller , Stephen Berry , Amy Taylor Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Georgia Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-4332-7, ISBN: 0-8203-4332-3