Civil War Books
No More Gallant a Deed: A Civil War Memoir of the First Minnesota Volunteers
A perceptive and detailed Civil War memoir of the First Minnesota Regiment chronicling such famous battles as Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. James...
Why Peace Fails: The Causes and Prevention of Civil War Recurrence
Why does peace fail? More precisely, why do some countries that show every sign of having successfully emerged from civil war fall once again into armed conflict? What...
Freedom's Journey: African American Voices of the Civil War
African American voices on the Civil War are collected in this volume, which includes the testimonies of slaves, soldiers, and of correspondents who witnessed the fall...
The Causes of the English Civil War
aeo Provides background for students new to the period. aeo Assesses economic, social, religious and political life, covering the impact of long--term change as well...
Lucan's Civil War
Told in a series dramatic episodes, this verse translation of Lucan's unfinished epic of the Roman civil war starts with the crossing of the Rubicon and ends with...
History of England from the Accession of James I to the Outbreak of the Civil War, 1603-1642 - Volume 1
This ten-volume edition of Gardiner's history of the period 1603 to 1642 was published in 1883-4.
The Causes of the English Civil War
Historians have argued about the causes of the English Civil War for over three centuries and recent discussions has focused on the question of whether short-term or long-term changes could account for the war. The author discusses the pitfalls of...
At War's End: Building Peace After Civil Conflict
This 2004 book explores the challenge of rehabilitating countries after civil wars.
The American Civil War
This new interpretation of the causes, course and consequences of America's greatest crisis explores the complex relationships between the local and national contexts, between the experiences of soldiers and civilians, and shows how politics and...
The American Civil War
This new interpretation of the causes, course and consequences of America's greatest crisis explores the complex relationships between the local and national contexts,...
Political Violence in the Weimar Republic, 1918-1933: Fight for the Streets and Fear of Civil War
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of political violence in Weimar Germany with particular emphasis on the political culture from which it emerged. It refutes...
The Spanish Civil War
Though more than half a century has passed since the Spanish Civil War began in 1936, it is still the subject of controversy. This title presents an objective analysis of a conflict - where fascism and democracy, communism and Christianity...
UN Peacekeeping in Civil Wars
An in-depth 2007 analysis of the sources of success and failure in UN peacekeeping missions in civil wars.
Civil War and World War in Europe: Spain, Yugoslavia, and Greece, 1936-1949
A comparative history of the Spanish, Yugoslav and Greek Civil Wars 1936-1949 from the standpoints of politics, socio-economic structures, national questions,...