A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era (Andrew F. Lang - CH) souvenir A special section of the

A special section of the book explores the haunted Civil War prisons at Johnson’s Island in Ohio

The XII Corps’ achievement is especially notable given its string of disappointments and hardships in the months leading up to Antietam

Gettysburg was also home to one of the first tank training camps in the country during World War I

Introduction to the Paperback Edition

A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era (Andrew F. Lang - CH) souvenir A special section of theby Andrew F. Lang Most mid nineteenth century Americans regarded the United States as an exceptional democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil and aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from and even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unprecedented experiment in political moderation and constitutional democracy. But as abolitionism in England,