history. Unfortunately, there just is not enough space in this review to discuss them all. There are some minor inconsistencies, such as James S. Bissetťs claim that North Carolina" escaped most of the worse abuses of'one hundred percent Americanism/" while Gary R. Freeze and Shannon Bontrager offer more context of what that meant in the Tar Heel State and how prevalent it was (p. 101). It is disconcerting that" shell shock," the term established by this war, is rarely mentioned in the context of the psychological effects of the war, but an ahistorical association with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is mentioned several times.

Regardless of these and other minor critiques, Jeffrey J. Crow's introduction sums up the value of this work overall as offering" much greater texture and granularity"(p. xii). Many of the chapters highlight the missed opportunities the war offered, as well as where there is room for further …