The Grand Review : The Civil War Continues to Shape America

Using the nation's greatest internal conflict as a backdrop, this book reveals the behind-the-scene turmoil & the human dramas that surfaced during the Civil War & during the troubled peace that followed. Generals struggled against politicians; eastern soldiers held grudges against western soldiers -- all in the Union camp. Many of those differences were settled in the Grand Review, the Union victory parade in Washington, D.C. in May 1865. This timeless book is a literary study of how Americans reacted during war & during defeat. The war preserved the union. But it perpetuated & widened differences in race, social order politics & pride in a diverse country that was knitted back together. The book illustrates how those differences survive today. Dr. Charles Reagan Wilson, a professor & guest essayist, explains how the defeated South regrouped after the war. He explains how Southerners of the Civil War era would be surprised to see how some of their symbols & institutions -- the Confederate battle flag, the KKK -- have come to trouble in the South. In other essays, author & journalist Peter Applebome & former Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder examine the divide that still exists in America & how the Civil War continues to shape America from lifestyles to politics. The book has a main story, three essays, photos of museum artifacts, 143 illustrations, index, bibliography & end notes. Bold Print, Inc.L. Douglas Wilder is the author of 'The Grand Review : The Civil War Continues to Shape America', published 2000 under ISBN 9780964712362 and ISBN 0964712369.