History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War and Southern HistoryUniversity Press of Kentucky, 07.12.2007 - 416 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appear in the following two sections, which include Roland's theories on the true causes of the war and four previously unpublished articles on Civil War leadership.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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... , written in an avant-garde genre that literary scholars term “creative nonfiction.” The text and characters are imaginary, but “the argument and outlook are not,” Roland says, “they 153 have been gleaned by me from thousands of letters ...
... character Frank Lawrence of Louisiana regrets that “secession is now inevitable.” Lincoln's election, on a platform ... Character” (first presented at a conference at the Virginia Military Institute) Roland argues that Lee's character ...
... character,” Roland writes. Though in many ways Chandler, known for his evangelical-like oratory and “good old boy” demeanor, typified the traditional southern politician, Roland interprets him as a reformer who invested heavily in ...
... Character of Civil War Soldiers, in Journal of Southern History 48 (August 1982): 436; Charles P. Roland, review of James M. McPherson, What They Fought For, 1861–1865, in Journal of Southern History 61 (November 1995): 812–13. 4 ...
... characters in this manner. As teenagers, Paul and I ran the dairy, milking five cows apiece by hand, and carrying out the many other chores that went along with the enterprise. We also delivered the raw milk to customers after our ...
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A Citizen Soldier Recalls World War II | |
In Retrospect | |
Louisiana and Secession | |
The Resort to Arms | |
A Slaveowners Defense of Slavery | |
Louisiana Sugar Planters and the Civil | |
The South Americas WillotheWisp Eden | |
The South of the Agrarians | |
Happy Chandler | |
Change and Tradition in Southern Society | |
The EverVanishing South | |
Copyrights and Permissions | |