This work examines three advanced Latin American republics with long records of democracy, political stability, and economic prosperity which degenerated into instability and military dictatorship-and issues a warning for other…

This work investigates the facts and fictions of the South’s victories and defeats during the American Civil War. It debunks long-standing legends, offers evidence explaining Confederate actions and considers the…

From the first passage in William C. Davis’ book about the twilight of America’s innocence to the last, the reader is carried through what many in the 1860s believed would…

A dual biography of two iconic leaders: how they fought a bloody, brutal war then forged a lasting peace that fundamentally changed our nation

They met in person only four…

Contains more than 160 images of the key events of American Civil War supplemented by preliminary sketches, early studies, and photographs of works in progress.

Virginia at War, 1861 looks at Virginia on the eve of secession, detailing the activities of the convention that finally took the state out of the Union and explaining how…

Virginia at War, 1865 closely examines the end of the Civil War in the Old Dominion, delivering a striking depiction of a state ravaged by violence and destruction. Like the…

Featuring one of the fullest known sets of correspondence by a high-level officer and his wife, this volume reveals the Whartons’ wartime experience from their courtship in the spring of…