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The Daily Stoic
The book was mentioned in the context of the American Civil War, providing a perspective on the conflict as a westward expansion conquering America rather than solely a North vs. South conflict.
I think this is Bruce Katton's book on maybe it's a stillness at Appomattox that I never really thought about before but he was like we think of the Civil War as North and South and he's like but actu...
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Episode: Elliot Ackerman on Writing, Military Service, and...
The book was mentioned in the context of the American Civil War, providing a perspective on the conflict as a westward expansion conquering America rather than solely a North vs. South conflict.
I think this is Bruce Katton's book on maybe it's a stillness at Appomattox that I never really thought about before but he was like we think of the Civil War as North and South and he's like but actually Grant is coming in from the West right and that this is actually the West conquering America so it's it's effectively a new kind of America that's not really North it's not like Grant is some military officer from Boston right like he's he this is the frontier this is a new version of America coming through from that