This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (National Book Award Finalist) (Vintage Civil War Library)
Drew Gilpin Faust explores the central role of death in the American Civil War, examining how unprecedented wartime mortality transformed American society, culture, and ideas about sacrifice, mourning, and national identity. This work of historical nonfiction offers a focused study of one of the conflict’s most profound consequences.
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Drew Gilpin Faust examines the meaning and consequences of death during the American Civil War.
The book considers how the scale of wartime mortality affected American society and culture.
It explores the ways people confronted, understood, and gave meaning to death during this defining period in United States history.
This volume is part of the Vintage Civil War Library.
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