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Armstead L. Robinson, historian of the Confederate States of America / Joseph P. Reidy
Armstead L. Robinson, historian and discipline builder / Barbara J. Fields
Introduction
A "most un-civil war" : slavery and a separate nation
"Playing thunder" : the impact of slavery on Confederate military strength
"A people's contest"? : popular disaffection in the Confederacy
"This war is our war, the cause is our cause" : aristocrats and common soldiers in Confederate camps
The failure of Southern voluntarism and the collapse of the Upper South frontier
Invasion of the heartland and the failure to achieve universal conscription
In the wake of military occupation : disaffection, profiteering, slave unrest, and curbs on civil liberties
"The carefully fostered hostility of class against class" : demoralization and the fall of Vicksburg
"A war fought by the weak" : desertions, brigandage, counterinsurgency, anarchy, and the rise of an antiwar movement
"Every man says that every other man ought to fight" : election losses and the debacle at Missionary Ridge
Epilogue: Slavery and the death of the Southern revolution.
Armstead L. Robinson, historian and discipline builder / Barbara J. Fields
Introduction
A "most un-civil war" : slavery and a separate nation
"Playing thunder" : the impact of slavery on Confederate military strength
"A people's contest"? : popular disaffection in the Confederacy
"This war is our war, the cause is our cause" : aristocrats and common soldiers in Confederate camps
The failure of Southern voluntarism and the collapse of the Upper South frontier
Invasion of the heartland and the failure to achieve universal conscription
In the wake of military occupation : disaffection, profiteering, slave unrest, and curbs on civil liberties
"The carefully fostered hostility of class against class" : demoralization and the fall of Vicksburg
"A war fought by the weak" : desertions, brigandage, counterinsurgency, anarchy, and the rise of an antiwar movement
"Every man says that every other man ought to fight" : election losses and the debacle at Missionary Ridge
Epilogue: Slavery and the death of the Southern revolution.