![]() ![]() ![]() Instead, the book offers a full-scale examination of the political actors (white and black) that contributed to a marked shift in Confederate policy regarding women and slavery-developments that McCurry argues affected a newly-(re)United States in the aftermath of the war. Yet, in McCurry’s work readers will find a pronounced movement away from simply addressing the question of why the Confederacy failed. Throughout her analysis, she clearly illustrates that the fundamental pro-slavery ideologies upon which the short-lived nation rested ultimately contributed to its downfall. Stephanie McCurry’s latest work offers a welcomed examination of the “Confederate Project” as it existed from 1860 to 1865. Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South by Stephanie McCurry. ![]()
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