History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War and Southern HistoryUniversity Press of Kentucky, 07.12.2007 - 353 Seiten Before his death in 1870, Robert E. Lee penned a letter to Col. Charles Marshall in which he argued that we must cast our eyes backward in times of turmoil and change, concluding that "it is history that teaches us to hope." Charles Pierce Roland, one of the nation's most distinguished and respected historians, has done exactly that, devoting his career to examining the South's tumultuous path in the years preceding and following the Civil War. History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War and Southern History is an unprecedented compilation of works by the man the volume editor John David Smith calls a "dogged researcher, gifted stylist, and keen interpreter of historical questions."Throughout his career, Roland has published groundbreaking books, including The Confederacy (1960), The Improbable Era: The South since World War II (1976), and An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War (1991). In addition, he has garnered acclaim for two biographical studies of Civil War leaders: Albert Sidney Johnston (1964), a life of the top field general in the Confederate army, and Reflections on Lee (1995), a revisionist assessment of a great but frequently misunderstood general. The first section of History Teaches Us to Hope, "The Man, The Soldier, The Historian," offers personal reflections by Roland and features his famous "GI Charlie" speech, "A Citizen Soldier Recalls World War II." Civil War--related writings appear in the following two sections, which include Roland's theories on the true causes of the war and four previously unpublished articles on Civil War leadership. The final section brings together Roland's writings on the evolution of southern history and identity, outlining his views on the persistence of a distinct southern culture and his belief in its durability. History Teaches Us to Hope is essential reading for those who desire a complete understanding of the Civil War and southern history. It offers a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary historian. |
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... remained in 1970 a poor cousin of the affluent American so- ciety . " In that year the differential between the region's and the nation's per capita income was $ 295 greater than it had been in 1948. Comparing aver- age incomes of ...
... remained there for six weeks , repulsing all efforts by the enemy to dislodge us and seize that ter- rain , which was critical to the success of their plan . John S. D. Eisenhower , in his book The Bitter Woods , says the action of the ...
... Southern speech in the 1970s remained as distinctive as southern man- ners , southern cooking , or any of the other characteristics that continued to set the region apart from the rest of the Change and Tradition in Southern Society 313.
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Charles P Roland Historian of the Civil | 1 |
In the Beginning | 57 |
A Citizen Soldier Recalls World War II | 75 |
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