Rites of Retaliation
Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War
By Lorien Foote
312 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 40 halftones, 6 maps, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-6527-6
Published: October 2021 -
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4696-6526-9
Published: October 2021 -
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4696-6528-3
Published: October 2021
Steven and Janice Brose Lectures in the Civil War Era
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Awards & distinctions
2022 Civil War and Reconstruction Book Award, Organization of American Historians
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.
About the Author
Lorien 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.
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“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
“In meshing ideas about Union, civilization, the morality of warfare, and military decision-making, Foote’s important book is the first of its kind, shedding new light on debates about the nature and conduct of the American Civil War.”--Andrew S. Bledsoe, Lee University
“Foote’s study of retaliation—at times moving, always fascinating—will help readers better appreciate this unseemly and little understood aspect of the Civil War.”—Jonathan W. White, author of To Address You as My Friend: African Americans’ Letters to Abraham Lincoln