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A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War
While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
A Savage Conflict
While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
Seasons of War
The story of Culpeper County, Virginia, is a unique one in Civil War history. Nestled in one of the South's most strategically important locations, it was occupied by the Northern army, recaptured by the Confederacy, and finally ceded to the North. Told largely through diaries, papers, and correspon... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
This Terrible War: The Civil War and Its Aftermath
The Civil War and Its Aftermath deals with the American Civil War in a realistic and unromantic light, discussing the hard experiences of ordinary people and the uncertain decisions of military and political leaders. The title explores both the years leading up to the Civil War, and the war's after... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
The Battlefield and Beyond: Essays on the American Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
by Bertram Wyatt-Brown • Emory M. Thomas • Paul D. Escott • Daniel E. Sutherland • Orville Vernon Burton • Rosemarie Zagarri • Alan M. Kraut • David Kyvig • Leonne Hudson • Ken Nivison • Michael Connolly • Judith Gentry • Jane Turner Censer • Herman Hattaway • Clayton E. JewettIn The Battlefield and Beyond leading Civil War historians explore a tragic part of our nation's history though the lenses of race, gender, leadership, politics, and memory. The essays in this strong collection shed new light on the defining issues of the Civil War era.Orville Vernon Burton, Leonne ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
The Guerrilla Hunters: Irregular Conflicts during the Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
by Andrew Lang • Earl J. Hess • Lisa Tendrich Frank • Kenneth W. Noe • Daniel E. Sutherland • Brian Steel Wills • Barton A. Myers • Brian D. Mcknight • Aaron Astor • Matthew M. Stith • Scott Thompson • Adam Domby • Andrew Fialka • Joseph Beilein • Laura J. Davis • Matthew C. Hulbert • Stephen RockenbachThroughout the Civil War, irregular warfare—including the use of hit-and-run assaults, ambushes, and raiding tactics—thrived in localized guerrilla fights within the Border States and the Confederate South. The Guerrilla Hunters offers a comprehensive overview of the tactics, motives, and actors in ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Unwatchable
by J. Hoberman • Jonathan Rosenbaum • Boris Groys • Susie Bright • Vivian Sobchack • W.J.T. Mitchell • Noel Carroll • Bill Nichols • Jonathan Crary • Stefano Harney • Jan Olsson • Barbara Hammer • B. Ruby Rich • Fred Moten • Mattias Frey • Abigail De Kosnik • E. Ann Kaplan • Jeffrey Sconce • Meghan Sutherland • Michael Boyce Gillespie • Christophe Wall-Romana • Jennifer Malkowski • Asbjørn Grønstad • Jack Halberstam • Jared Sexton • Rebecca Schneider • Frances Guerin • Peter Geimer • Alexandra Juhasz • Julian Hanich • Samuel England • Mauro Resmini • Katariina Kyrölä • Erika Balsom • Kenneth Berger • Alex Bush • Alec Butler • Mel Chen • Lynne Joyrich • Nathan Lee • Akira Lippit • Brandy Monk-Payton • Danielle Peers • Raul Perez • Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi • Philipp Stiasny • Bennet Togler • Leshu Torchin • Alok Vaid-Menon • Meir Wigoder • Emily Wills • Federico Windhausen • Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa • Genevieve Yue • Alenka Zupancic • Poulomi SahaWe all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral videos of police brutality, and from graphic horror films to transgressive artworks, many of the images in our media culture might strike us as... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2019