"OUR MAN IN CHARLESTON," and Echoes of the Civil War

The book is the true story of a British diplomat and secret agent at the epicenter of secession. It will change forever our understanding of the War Between the States, why it was fought, what determined the outcome. This site is devoted to the consequences of that history.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Civil War History and Contemporary Events: Essays by Christopher Dickey

After the publication in July 2015 of Our Man in Charleston, which, by pure coincidence, came just after the tragic murders at Emanuel A.M.E. Church, I wrote several essays drawing on the research for the book and suggesting what it might tell us about current events.



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Confederate Madness Then and Now

Jul 14, 2015 1:10 AM EDT
A British consul witnessed the cynical process that plunged the United States into civil war in the...MORE




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Confederates in the Blood

Jul 21, 2015 1:00 AM EDT
My new book looks at the raw truths of Southern history, but my family has been living that... MORE




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A man holds a U.S. flag while gathering with others on a sidewalk near the U.S. embassy (not pictured) in Havana, Cuba, August 14, 2015.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cuba on Friday to raise the U.S. flag at the recently restored American Embassy in Havana, another symbolic step in improved relations between the two Cold War-era foes. The ceremony, raising the flag over the building for the first time in 54 years, will come nearly four weeks after the United States and Cuba formally renewed diplomatic relations and upgraded their diplomatic missions to embassies.

Cuba’s Star-Spangled Slavery

Aug 15, 2015 12:13 AM EDT
The Stars and Stripes, not the Confederate flag, once represented the sordid system of human...MORE



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Ken Burns’ ‘Civil War’ After Dylann Roof

Sep 6, 2015 12:01 AM EDT
The PBS documentary turns 25 this year, just as the Charleston murders and the Confederate flag... MORE


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America’s History of Guns and Slavery

Dec 6, 2015 8:31 AM EST
The grim history of gun violence in the United States goes way back, aided and abetted by the same... MORE


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