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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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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