This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
by Drew Gilpin Faust
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Author: Drew Gilpin FaustEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-06
ISBN: 0375703837
Number of pages: 368
Publisher: Vintage
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- ISBN13: 9780375703836
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Book Reviews of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
Book Review: Thesis?
Summary: 3 Stars
After reading "This Republic of Suffering" I was still struggling with what the central thesis to the book was. Every chapter contains excellent primary source information about the death and the industry that arose because of the enormous casualties of the war, but how does it tie in together? Of course, Faust may not be trying to tie everything together, but is just merely demonstrating the sheer scale of death and how the nation responded psychologically, mentally, economically and spiritually to it all. Overall, I would recommend it, but its disjointed theme takes away from the coherence of what the author is trying to put forth.
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Summary of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (Vintage Civil War Library)
More than 600,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be six million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation, describing how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality.General Books
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