BOOK THE CONFEDERACY (BOX49)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

THE CONFEDERACY                                                                                                                  THE CHICAGO HISTORY OF AMERICAN CIVILIZATIOIN: DANIEL J. BOORSTIN, EDITOR

AUTHOR: CHARLES P. ROLAND

PUBLISHER:  THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS     CHICAGO AND LONDON

COPYRIGHT: 1960 BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER: 0-226-72450-6  (CLOTHBOUND)                     0-226-72431-4 (PAPERBACK)

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER: 60-12573

  THE CONFEDERACY WAS NEVER SINGLE MINDED. FROM THE FATEFUL YEAR OF 1861 UNTIL APPOMATTOX, THE SOUTH WAS A COMPLEX OF HEROISM AND COWARDICE, GRIEF, AND FRIVOLITY, NATIONALISM, AND STATE RIGHTS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE SOUTHERN NATION UNDERWENT A COMPLETE CAREER FROM BIRTH THROUGH MATURITY TO DEATH.                                                                                                                    IN THE CONFEDERACY, CHARLES P. ROLAND IS FAITHFUL TO BOTH THE LARGER CAREER AND THE INTERNAL COMPLEXITY. PAYING CAREFUL ATTENTION TO PRESIDENT DAVIS'S STRUGGLE AGAINST DIVIDING FORCES WITHIN, THE AUTHOR SKILLFULLY NARRATES THE ATTEMPT OF THE CONFEDERACY TO WAGE TOTAL WAR AGAINST SUPERIOR FORCES.  ALL THE POIGNANT EVENTS AND CONDITIONS ARE HERE: THE FORMATION OF THE GOVERNMENT, THE UPPER SOUTH'S FINAL COMMITMENT OT THE CAUSE, THE DOOMED ATTEMPTS TO COMBAT THE NORTHEN BLOCKADE AT HOME AND THE NORTHERN DIPLOMACY OVER SEAS, AN AGRAIAN ECONOMY'S HEROIC DEFIANCE OF AN INDUSTRIAL ENEMY, THE DEPERATE MEASURES BY WHICH THE DAVIS GOVERNMENT TRIED TO SUSTAIN THE CONFEDERACY, AND AT LAST, THE DISSOLUTION AND FLIGHT OF THE THE ADMINISTRATION IN 1865.                                      WITH ACCURACY, SENSITIVITY, AND BALANCE.  MR. ROLAND DEVELOPS THE EPIC THEMES OF HIS STORY AGAINST A BACKGROUND OF VIVID HISTORICAL DETAIL AND RECREATES THE CONFEDERACY WITH A TRAGIC SPLENDOR--THE PRIME QUALITY OF ITS SURVIVING IMAGE AMONG SOUTHERNERS.