Towards a More Total War: ‘Gentlemanly Warfare’ and the Rise of the Nation-State An engraving of Sherman's March to the Sea, composed three years later in 1867 by Alexander Hay Ritchie Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date July 31, 2017
Let’s Get Serious: Making Light of Heavy History There's lots to find amusing in Theodore Roosevelt. His imperialistic policies . . . not so much for the victims. Library of Congress. Post author By Kevin Lavery Post date July 24, 2017
States’ Rights, the Slave Power Conspiracy, and the Causes of the Civil War Portrait of Anthony Burns, R. M. Edwards, 1855 Post author By Francis Butler Post date July 3, 2017
Testing Whether That Nation Can Long Endure: America as a Failed State during the Civil War? Post author By Francis Butler Post date June 5, 2017
Holding the Moral High Ground: Reflections on Just War Then and Now The ruins of Atlanta in the wake of Sherman's 1864 campaign. Wikimedia Commons. Post author By Kevin Lavery Post date May 15, 2017
Sirens’ Song: The Appeal of Romanticism in History Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1770. The inclusion of a native American figure shows the involvement of America, but the focus of the painting is still all on the British. Post author By the Staff Post date April 24, 2017
We Love Them Anyway: Guilty Pleasures in TV and Film Post author By the Staff Post date April 19, 2017
