Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) mowday For the first time in

For the first time in their lives

It explains how Great Britain’s safety and continued existence as an empire depended on maintaining an influence on American foreign policy and how the growth of the Union navy—particularly its new ironclad ships—rendered her a paper tiger who relied on deceit and bravado to preserve the illusion of international strength

This is not only too simple an explanation

and Frederick

each of which tackles a specific major issue:

Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) mowday For the first time inby Bradley R. Clampitt This groundbreaking analysis of Confederate demobilization examines the state of mind of Confederate soldiers in the immediate aftermath of war. Having survived severe psychological as well as physical trauma, they now faced the unknown as they headed back home in defeat. Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran, suggesting that defeat and demobilization actually reinforced Confederate identity as well as