American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era, by David W. Blight, […]
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The Civil War Today: January 2012
Trail takes helm at Antietam Battlefield Monocacy National Battlefield Superintendent Susan Trail has been […]
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Civil War Book Reviews
From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature, by Randall Fuller (Oxford […]
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White Death, Part 2: The Winter War
Last time out we were discussing the Winter War, the conflict between the Soviet […]
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How Nixon Almost Won the Vietnam War
The 1972 Battle of An Loc proved that the United States had found the key to victory.
The Battle of Gettysburg: Facts and Info About a Turning Point in the Civil War
It was the largest battle of the conflict—and likely the most significant one.
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How the South Won the Civil War
In Winston Churchill’s fanciful alternative history, Robert E. Lee wins at Gettysburg, and Jeb Stuart prevents World War I
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The art of war
The 150th anniversary of our greatest conflict implores us to take another look Back […]
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World War Two in Gettysburg
Scrap drives, war rallies and German POWs took over America’s preeminent battlefield
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Harold Holzer on the Best and Worst Civil War Books
It’s time to remember good Civil War lit—and close the door on the bad […]