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Books & Culture, July/August 2003
HISTORY
Rebirth of a Nation
HISTORY
"Baptism in Blood" | Harry S. Stout
The Civil War and the creation of an American civil history.
Special Features
HISTORY
Getting It Half-Right | Mark Noll
What's worth celebrating in Gods and Generals—and what's not.
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When Thou Goest Out to Battle | David Rolfs
The religious world of Civil War soldiers.
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"The Wisest Radical of Them All" | Richard Carwardine
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Telling Lincoln | Grant Wacker
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How the War Might Have Ended | Interview by Donald A. Yerxa
A conversation with historian Jay Winik.
HISTORY
Changing the Script | Roger Lundin
A week before the battle of Antietam, a Union corporal found a sheet of paper wrapped around three cigars, lying in the grass. His discovery altered the course of the war.
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Going Back to Uncle Tom's Cabin | John West
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Still Writing the Civil War | Tim Stafford
Do we know this country too well?
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Planet Dixie | Preston Jones
Land of "happy slaves" and "gracious masters."
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Original Sin | Laura L. Mitchell
Slavery and the biblical "curse of Ham."
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Free to Do What? | Allen C. Guelzo
Emancipation reconsidered.
Contents
Religion & Theology
Before Left Behind | Crawford Gribben
It's not easy to say something new about the end of the world.
LITERATURE
The Cossacks' IIiad | J. Bottum
Gogol and the making of Russian literature.
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Mercy | Robert Siegel
A murderous saint's life.
LITERATURE
Thomas the Unbeliever | Garrett Brown
A new doubting Thomas finds few answers.
PHILOSOPHY
Defenders of the Faith | Douglas Groothuis
Looking for fissures in establishment atheist philosophy.
LITERATURE
Impersonations | Betty Smartt Carter
The restless journey of a Holocaust descendant.
CURRENT ISSUES
A Journalist in Babylon | Stan Guthrie
The need for a critical mass in the Fourth Estate.
The Arts
The Movies Go to War | Peter T. Chattaway
The moral messages and political overtones of war films.
The Land
HISTORY
Who Owns the Holy Land? | Gary Burge
CURRENT ISSUES
"Getting Older Younger" | Nathan Bierma
Marketing to teens and tweens.
Departments
Letters
THE GROVES OF ACADEME
The Groves of Academe
The Dissenters Club
Pictures and Words
The Archive of America
STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND
Stranger in a Strange Land
Remembering Carol Thiessen
POETRY
Rue for A.E. Housman | Marly Youmans
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