History Teaches Us to Hope

Roland, Charles Pierce. Ed(s): Smith, John David

ISBN 10: 0813124565 / ISBN 13: 9780813124568

Published by The University Press of Kentucky, 2007

About this Item

Charles Pierce Roland ranks as one of the most distinguished and respected historians of the Civil War and the American South. This work collects Roland's most important work on secession and the Civil War, Civil War leadership, and the South in fact and myth, and includes personal reflections by Roland about his life and career. Editor(s): Smith, John David. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640. . 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: History Teaches Us to Hope
• Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813124565
• ISBN 13: 9780813124568
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Before his death in 1870, Robert E. Lee penned a letter to Col. Charles Marshall in which he argued that we must cast our eyes backward in times of turmoil and change, concluding that "it is history that teaches us to hope." Charles Pierce Roland, one of the nation's most distinguished and respected historians, has done exactly that, devoting his career to examining the South's tumultuous path in the years preceding and following the Civil War. History Teaches Us to Hope: Reflections on the Civil War and Southern History is an unprecedented compilation of works by the man the volume editor John David Smith calls a "dogged researcher, gifted stylist, and keen interpreter of historical questions."Throughout his career, Roland has published groundbreaking books, including The Confederacy (1960), The Improbable Era: The South since World War II (1976), and An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War (1991). In addition, he has garnered acclaim for two biographical studies of Civil War leaders: Albert Sidney Johnston (1964), a life of the top field general in the Confederate army, and Reflections on Lee (1995), a revisionist assessment of a great but frequently misunderstood general. The first section of History Teaches Us to Hope, "The Man, The Soldier, The Historian," offers personal reflections by Roland and features his famous "GI Charlie" speech, "A Citizen Soldier Recalls World War II." Civil War–related writings appear in the following two sections, which include Roland's theories on the true causes of the war and four previously unpublished articles on Civil War leadership. The final section brings together Roland's writings on the evolution of southern history and identity, outlining his views on the persistence of a distinct southern culture and his belief in its durability. History Teaches Us to Hope is essential reading for those who desire a complete understanding of the Civil War and southern history. It offers a fascinating portrait of an extraordinary historian.

About the Author

Charles P. Roland is Alumni Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. He is the author of Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics and The Improbable Era: The South Since WWII.

John David Smith is Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.