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
Although previously undervalued for their strategic impact because they represented only a small percentage of total forces, the Union and Confederate navies we
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
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