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This Republic of Suffering offers a comprehensive look at the United States Civil War’s profound effect on the nation’s understanding of death. With roughly 620,000 soldiers killed, the book discusses how the massive casualties altered material, political, intellectual, and spiritual realms. Historian Drew Gilpin Faust explores the changing role of individual and collective grief, the struggle of a deeply religious culture to reconcile the massacre with its belief in a benevolent God, and the reevaluation of life after death. The work demonstrates how the war reshaped the country’s sense of citizenship, rights, and responsibilities.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: History/Military History
Authors: Drew Gilpin Faust
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