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OverviewDuring the Civil War, Union and Confederate politicians, military commanders, everyday soldiers, and civilians claimed their approach to the conflict was civilized, in keeping with centuries of military tradition meant to restrain violence and preserve national honor. One hallmark of civilized warfare was a highly ritualized approach to retaliation. This ritual provided a forum to accuse the enemy of excessive behavior, to negotiate redress according to the laws of war, and to appeal to the judgment of other civilized nations. As the war progressed, Northerners and Southerners feared they were losing their essential identity as civilized, and the attention to retaliation grew more intense. When Black soldiers joined the Union army in campaigns in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, raiding plantations and liberating enslaved people, Confederates argued the war had become a servile insurrection. And when Confederates massacred Black troops after battle, killed white Union foragers after capture, and used prisoners of war as human shields, Federals thought their enemy raised the black flag and embraced savagery. Blending military and cultural history, Lorien Foote's rich and insightful book sheds light on how Americans fought over what it meant to be civilized and who should be extended the protections of a civilized world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lorien FootePublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Weight: 0.333kg ISBN: 9781469665276ISBN 10: 1469665271 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 30 October 2021 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThis book provides a detailed explication of the rite of retaliation and its use in the extremely complex context of the American Civil War. - The Journal of America's Military Past Rites of Retaliation makes its most significant interventions by 'connecting dots that historians have not connected before' and setting the historical record straight on questions of race, retaliation, and prisoners of war.--Journal of Military History This is a great book. Students, buffs, and scholars of the war will all enjoy this fresh take on a part of the war they probably thought they knew well. It is highly recommended.--Civil War Book Review This book provides a detailed explication of the rite of retaliation and its use in the extremely complex context of the American Civil War. - The Journal of America's Military Past Author InformationLorien Foote is Patricia & Bookman Peters Professor of History at Texas A&M University, and author of The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners and the Collapse of the Confederacy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |