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The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History
Author(s): Gary W. Gallagher (Author), Alan Nolan (Author)
- Publisher: Indiana University Press
- Publication Date: 1 Nov. 2000
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 0253338220
- ISBN-13: 9780253338228
Book Description
The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederate States in the Civil War was and is an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of southerners to rationalise the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, for historical truth and the national memory, these skilful propagandists, beginning with Jubal Early, have been so successful that the Lost Cause has assumed a life of its own and continues to misrepresent what really happened, distorting the national memory in the process. In this book, nine historians analyse the Lost Cause, describing its content and identifying its falsity. The work is thus a major contribution to Civil War historiography.
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About the Author
GARY W. GALLAGHER is Professor of History at the University of Virginia. He has written and published numerous books on the Civil War, including Lee and His Generals in War and Memory,Lee the Soldier, and The Confederate War.
ALAN T. NOLAN is author of Lee Considered and The Iron Brigade and is editor of Giants in Their Tall Black Hats, the latter two books published by Indiana University Press.
