Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)
"Janney has significantly extended our understanding of memory and reconciliation (or lack thereof) and the anger and pain associated with forgiveness that resonated from the most cataclysmic event in U.S. history."--Journal of American History"Janney'sRemembering the Civil Waris an ambitious book that makes a bold argument, taking on the dominant themes in the growing historical field of Civil War memory."--Annals of Iowa"A beautifully written and superbly researched book."--Public Historian"Janney emphasizes, as do other scholars of remembrance, that the memory of Civil War and Reconstruction was not merely an exercise in nostalgia. Rather, these memories had major policy implications."--American Historical Review"This perceptive study should caution those who have embraced the reconciliationist interpretation to proceed with discernment."--Civil War Monitor"[This] revisionist study argues that the Lost Cause mythology and rush to reconciliation was much less pervasive than previously thought."--Civil War Times"It deserves its place as a leading work in the historiography on war and memory."--North Carolina Historical Review"Remembering the Civil Waroffers important insights and demonstrates without a doubt that memory studies are far from exhausted. Whether a readership beyond the academy that continues to embrace reconciliation--as evidenced by the ongoing Civil War 150th commemoration--has yet to be seen."--Virginia Magazine"A book that will be useful to scholars and casual readers for many years to come."--Civil War Book Review"Splendidly written. . . . Recommended. All levels/libraries."