Aaron Sheehan-Dean is assistant professor of history at the University of North Florida. He is editor of Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War and The View from the Ground: The Experience of Civil War Soldiers.
[A] persuasive demonstration that white Virginians did in fact
support the Confederacy, and that they did so because they saw its
army as the principal means by which to protect their
families.--Virginia Magazine
A careful analysis [that] should . . . supersede previous
works.--American Historical Review
A fresh and forceful contribution to our understanding of why these
Virginians fought and how the very course of the war served to
create new rationales for their resolve in doing so for so much of
the Confederate nation's four-year lifespan.--Civil War Book
Review
A major contribution to the growing body of literature on Civil War
soldiers.--North Carolina Historical Review
A singular contribution to the debate. . . . Sensible and
engaging.--Journal of Military History
A thought-compelling, quality monograph. . . . Highly
recommended.--CHOICE
A thought-provoking analysis of the rise of the Confederate nation.
. . . Should serve as a model for meticulous historical research. .
. . An engaging text, which challenges scholars to look more
carefully at the motivation that caused Virginians to fight for the
Confederacy.--Southern Historian
Paying refreshingly close attention to change over time,
Sheehan-Dean convincingly shows that, far from fracturing the
Confederacy, Union hard-war policies condensed it.--Journal of
Southern History
Sheehan-Dean's road may be the heavily traveled highway of
Confederate nationalism, but his vehicle is distinctive.--Journal
of Interdisciplinary History
This well-researched, well written book is a very welcome addition
to the literature on nationalism in the Confederacy.--The Journal
of American History
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