Weirding the War: Stories from the Civil War's Ragged Edges

Book Overview

"It is well that war is so terrible," Robert E. Lee reportedly said, "or we would grow too fond of it." The essays collected here make the case that we have grown too fond of it, and therefore we must make the war ter­rible again. Taking a "freakonomics" approach to Civil War studies, each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the nature of the war itself. Collectively the essays remind us...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820341274
• ISBN13: 9780820341279
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.0" x 6.0"