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Title: The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History by Gary W. Gallagher, Alan T. Nolan ISBN: 0-253-33822-0 Publisher: Indiana University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (14 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting Essays about Southern Civil War History
Comment: Having just finished this book, I see why some of the essays have caused some controversy. It takes a hard look at the facts of the war, versus what has been presented as accurate history by many Southern leaders and writers. Simply put, some of the authors openly question many commonly held views, particularly those proposed by people interested in justifying the South's loss, or reasons for leaving the Union.
Overall, the essays are solid: some great, some good, and a few are only okay. I found Alan Nolan's, Gary Gallagher's, and Jeffrey Wert's essays to be most compelling. They are all well written, researched, and argued. Also, the topics they cover are interesting. Although I do not agree with Alan Nolan's low opinion of General Lee as a soldier, the rest of his essay takes many of the myths of the "Lost Cause" head-on, and dispells them convincinly.
Two of the essays I did not find very exciting: Keith Bohannon's, or Charles Holden's. The topic were too narrow for my taste. The other essays are all good, and helped add to my understanding of the war.
I recommend this book to anyone who is a Civil War "buff", or student of the war. If you think that the war was not fought over slavery, but only states rights, you should explore the discussion of this topic in numerous essays.
Rating: 2
Summary: The War Continues
Comment: Somewhat convoluted approach to the Southern cause, but now that I have finished the book, it is not worth reading. Perhaps it is worth checking out of the public library to grasp the "Northern" view point, but overall, the book is too partisan.
Rating: 2
Summary: an important propaganda piece
Comment: Expect to see this volume show up on required reading lists for students in Politically Correct history classes across the nation. For students who find themselves in such classes, I recommend
(1) the excellent review of this predictable propaganda piece found at...
and
(2) any good reference on the central fallacy of it's editors: anachronistically reading current prejudices and partisan controversies into past events and calling it "history". This type of tendentious writing of polemical tracts is well treated in the excellent, albeit somewhat dated: Whig Interpretation of History by Herbert Butterfield.
This is not to say that the mythological elements of "The Lost Cause" are beyond criticism. Another book, which might also be on at least a few "Politically Correct" reading lists, but much better than this collection, is "Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America" by William C. Davis.
You can find more about Butterfield's and Davis' books by searching for them on this site.
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Title: Pickett's Charge in History and Memory by Carol Reardon ISBN: 0807854611 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press Pub. Date: 24 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Marble Man: Robert E. Lee and His Image in American Society by Thomas Lawrence Connelly ISBN: 0807104744 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 1977 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Confederate War by Gary W. Gallagher ISBN: 0674160568 Publisher: Harvard University Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Lee and His Generals in War and Memory by Gary W. Gallagher ISBN: 0807122866 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Ghosts of the Confederacy: Defeat, the Lost Cause and the Emergence of the New South, 1865-1913 by Gaines M. Foster ISBN: 0195054202 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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