1. James McPherson is by training very much a top-down political and military historian, interested in the decisions of presidents & generals. But in Battle Cry of Freedom he also clearly recognizes that Civil War was bottom-up "people's war" -- makes for an interesting tension
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I'm currently reading it and learning a lot. Is it worth reading Foote's Civil War narrative? Or is it bit Lost Causy?
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I've only dipped into it. He's a compelling writer, but, yes, Lost Causy.
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Its also well documented in Union Army dispatches between the field and the command chain
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“Recognizing the prime mover in a word historical event” ≠ “taking due credit away” from anyone else.
End of conversation
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The slave revolt in Haiti helped make slavery look like untenable
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Reading it now after just finishing Angela Davis’ “Women, Race, & Class” and obviously the intent is different for both books but it’s wild how affirmational both are of this take.
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