This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War
Drew Gilpin Faust studies the ravages of the American Civil War and the profound challenge its death toll posed to religious faith. This thoughtful historical work explores suffering, mortality, and the ways Americans confronted the meaning of unprecedented wartime loss.
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This Republic of Suffering examines the human costs of the American Civil War.
Drew Gilpin Faust focuses on the war’s widespread death and devastation.
The book considers how the Civil War challenged religious faith.
It offers a historical study of suffering, mortality, and the meaning Americans gave to mass death.
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