From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 2:13 AM

Professor McPherson talked about the Civil War, the causes of secession and the reasons for the Union’s victory. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History, his book Battle Cry of Freedom was acknowledged to be the definitive account of the Civil War. He talked about the recently re...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 1:20 AM

Mr. Miller spoke about separating historical fact from fiction concerning the Civil War and the challenges of editing personal papers. Mr. Miller used the papers of General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson’s topographer, Jedidiah Hotchkiss, to attempt to gain details about the troops of the e...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 7:54 PM

Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Gingrich talked about the book he co-authored, Grant Comes East: A Novel of the Civil War, published by St. Martin’s Press. He talked about why he decided to write novels about the Civil War and explained the background work that goes...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 6:10 PM

Justice Rehnquist talked about civil liberties in wartime. He focused on the actions taken by Presidents during the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. He also spoke about the right to suspend habeas corpus. After his prepared remarks he answered questions from the audience.

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 4:07 PM

The first Capital Book Festival was hosted by the Fairfax County Public Library Foundation in its tenth anniversary year. On a panel titled The Civil War: Blacks and Whites, Soldiers and Generals, the panelists talked about their books on the Civil War. After their presentations they ...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 1:09 PM

"The Geneva Conventions and the Rules of War in the Post 9-11 and Iraq World" conference panel titled, "Role of Private Contractors in 21st Century War," examined the role of private contractors in modern war and whether the Geneva Conventions should extend to civilians operating in support of m...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 11:33 AM

Professor Neely discussed some of the themes of his forthcoming book The Civil War and the Two-Party System. In his talk Professor Neely examined how ideas about religion and patriotism influenced attitudes toward the Civil War. He noted that the Republicans of the Civil War era subscri...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 7:28 AM

Mr. Cordesman talked about his recent study, "New Patterns in the Iraqi Insurgency: The War for a Civil War in Iraq." He said that the primary goal of more extreme Iraqi insurgents is more than just the defeat of Coalition and Iraqi Government forces, but rather the creation of a major Iraqi ci...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 6:26 AM

Charles Bracelen Flood talked about his book Grant and Sherman: The Friendship that Won the Civil War, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The author examined both how the friendship of Generals Ulysses Grant and William Sherman affected them as individuals and how it affected the ...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Feb 04 2011 9:37 PM

Thomas Wheeler talked about his book, Leadership Lessons from the Civil War: Winning Strategies for Today’s Managers, published by Doubleday. He took military strategy and leadership from the battlefield and applies it to the corporate world, drawing from Lee, Jackson and Grant to craft a how-to...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Feb 04 2011 7:18 PM

Panelists talked about the future of Iraq, political struggles between different factions, and U.S. policy in the country. Mr. Kagan moderated the panel which responded to comments and questions from the audience. Since the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra on February...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Feb 04 2011 6:52 PM

Guests examined the social, political, and military history of the Civil War era from the perspective of the Confederacy through the writings of Mary Chesnut. Her journals detailed life in the antebellum South, South Carolina’s secession from the Union, and the daily lives of participan...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jan 10 2011 1:59 AM

Participants discussed the role of African-American soliders in Union forces during the Civil War. They focused on topics such as their experiences as soldiers, life in Washington, DC and the war’s impact on African-American civilians. After their presentations, they took questions fro...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Jan 10 2011 1:44 AM

Participants discussed the role of African-Americans in Union naval forces during the Civil War. Each of the panelists is participating in an ongoing four-year research project on this subject. The discussion focused on various aspects of their experiences, including those while escapi...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 9:33 PM

Chief Justice Rehnquist discussed civil liberties during wartime and what freedoms are sacrificed during war. He went over the history of several instances of civil liberty cases during war and specific cases decided by the Supreme Court regarding the issue. Chief Justice Rehnquist focu...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 3:32 PM

Mr. Horwitz and Ms. McCray talk about the influence the Civil War has in today’s cultural and political thought and discussion. Mr. Horwitz is the author of Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War and Ms. Allen wrote Freedom's Child: The Remarkable Life o...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 11:18 AM

Mr. McPherson talked about his book, Writing the Civil War, published by University of South Carolina Press. In this book fourteen historians present a wide-ranging discussion of the vast effort to chronicle the Civil War. The authors cover a variety of topics from battlefield operatio...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 2:24 AM

Ms. Clayton talked about and read excerpts from her book Strange But True Civil War Stories, published by Lowell House. The children’s book contains over two dozen little-known incidents of the Civil War, as well as a glossary, maps, and other tools for young readers. After her remarks...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Jan 09 2011 2:07 AM

Mr. Blight was part of a Civil War Symposium hosted by the National Park Service. He spoke about the National Park Service’s role in interpreting and preserving facts about the Civil War. Among the issues he discussed were ways the park service retrieves information about the war and th...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 7:33 PM

Mr. Styple discussed the book he edited, Writing and Fighting the Civil War: Soldier Correspondence to the New York Sunday Mercury, published by Belle Grove Publishing Company. The book is a compilation of correspondence by soldiers to the newspaper that chronicles the events of the Civ...