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Article: Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America.(Book Review)
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2003
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By William C. Davis. (New York and other cities: The Free Press, c. 2002. Pp. [xii], 484. $35.00, ISBN 0-684-86585-8.)
For all the words poured onto paper about the Civil War, there have been few histories of the Confederacy, and even fewer are still in print. Despite many new themes and novel approaches to the war in recent years--all of which have broadened and enriched scholarly understanding, fired the imagination, and suggested further avenues for research--there has remained a need for a balanced chronicle about the South during those four years. William C. Davis is an extraordinarily productive writer and keen scholar of the era, whose previous Civil War ...