[Vision2020] History Books Part 2

[DonaldH675 at aol.com]

Visionaries,

In case Mr. Ryan doesn't offer a suggested reading list, let me provide some 
links.
American Civil War: Historiography & Interpretation 
http://book-smith.tripod.com/civ-war-historiography.html

I am fairly familiar with the Houghton Mifflin, Major Problem series 
(although not the Civil War volume) and know that they provide a wide selection of 
materials and great bibliographies.
It is worthwhile to follow the link at the bottom of the page for even more 
materials.

Since I have asked Mr. Ryan to share his list of Civil War histories, I'd 
like to suggest one for him.

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History Edited by Gary W. Gallagher 
and Alan T. Nolan 
Nine distinguished historians debunk the myth of the Lost Cause. The myth of 
the Lost Cause posits the following notion: that the Confederacy was doomed 
from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union, but its 
forces fought heroically against all odds for the cause of states' rights. In 
reality, this was and is an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of 
Southerners to rationalize the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, 
skillful propagandists (beginning with Jubal Early) have been so successful in 
promoting this romanticized view that the Lost Cause has assumed a life of its 
own, leaving truth in the dust. Misrepresenting the war's true origins and its 
actual course, the myth of the Lost Cause distorts our national memory. The 
controversy currently raging in South Carolina, Georgia, and Texas over the 
display of Confederate symbols illustrates the power and saliency of this myth. In 
this volume, nine historians describe and analyze the Lost Cause, identifying 
the ways in which it falsifies history. They have created a thoughtful and 
provocative volume that makes a major contribution to Civil War historiography. 
Gary W. Gallagher is Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He 
has written and published numerous books on the Civil War, including Lee and 
His Generals in War and Memory, Lee the Soldier, and The Confederate War. 
Alan T. Nolan is author of Lee Considered and The Iron Brigade and is editor 
of Giants in Their Tall Black Hats, the latter two books published by Indiana 
University Press. 

If your local library doesn't have a copy it is available from Amazon - read 
tje reviews at

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0253338220/qid=1094005485/sr=1-1
/ref=sr_1_1/102-0733019-6538533?v=glance&s=books


Rose Huskey

"One cannot level one's moral lance at every evil in the universe. There are 
just too many of them. But you can do something, and the difference between 
doing something and doing nothing is everything." Daniel Berrigan
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