TOCWOC – A Civil War Blog

Month: September 2010

  • Ground Zero Confederates

    Last week the venerable New York Times weighed in on the Ground Zero Mosque controversy (it favors its construction) oddly enough by invoking the spirit of reconciliation between North and South after the Late Unpleasantness. The country often has had the wisdom to choose graciousness and reconciliation over triumphalism, as is plain from the many […]

  • Short Takes

    The Indiana University Press is having a sale next Wednesday, Sept. 15, with 60% off all books not already on sale, so it’s definitely worth a look, especially at the Civil War section. One day only and the discount code is SIXTY. From a letter sent to our local Civil War Round Table: The Sixth […]

  • Civil War Book Review: A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril An Alternate History

    A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril An Alternate History by Peter G. Tsouras Product Details Hardcover: 272 pages Publisher: Potomac Books Inc.; 1 edition (July 31, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1597972118 ISBN-13: 978-1597972116 I enjoy “what if” history understanding that alternate paths are very possible throughout our historical journey.  Doing alternate history is […]

  • Short Takes

    UPDATE II:  Amazon.com has a special on Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary—less than forty bucks today only! UPDATE: I watched an interview on After Words with David Kilcullen, a former Australian soldier and counterinsurgency adviser to US commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan on C-SPAN last night. It’s definitely worth watching not only for what’s going […]

  • September 2010 Civil War Book Notes

    Those that can’t write, Review! September 2010 James W. Durney *********************************************************** In my mailbox or on the shelves I want to recommend this book again.  I am enjoying the one-page Bios Part of the New Jersey Civil War Sesquicentennial is New Jersey Goes to War edited by Joseph G. Bilby containing 150 biographies of New […]