In this first book-length environmental history of the American Civil War, Lisa M. Brady argues that ideas about nature and the environment were central to the
"War upon the land is not merely an environmental history of the war ... Instead, Brady's is a book about how the Civil War engaged with, and forever altered, a
Very closely related is the third assumption: that the armies of the Civil War had to contend with nature, just as they battled each other. Ultimately, "War upo
David W. Mills offers an enlightening look at what most of the heartland was up to while America was united in its war on Reds. Cold War in a Cold Land adopts a
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies we