Taken from Appian's Roman History, the five books collected here form the sole surviving continuous historical narrative of the era between 133-35 BC - a time of anarchy and instability for the Roman Empire.

In The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston, Richard M. McMurry argues persuasively that the Confederacy’s most lethal enemy was the toxic dissension within the top echelons of its high command.

From renowned poet and activist June Jordan comes the reissue of her classic collection of essays about love, power, violence, and the condition of race relations in America. "A major and indispensable reading experience."--Alice Walker.

By placing the military and political developments of the civil wars in a social context, this book portrays a very different interpretation of a century of regicide and republic.

(Guitar Recorded Versions). 13 guitar transcriptions from this Americana folk and country duo, including: Barton Hollow * Devil's Backbone * Dust to Dust * Falling * From This Valley * I Had Me a Girl * I've Got This Friend * Kingdom Come * ...

A highly original history, tracing civil war, the least understood and most intractable form of organized human aggression, from Ancient Rome through the centuries to present day.

George C. Rable uncovers the details of how women fit into the South's complex social order and how Southern social assumptions shaped their attitudes toward themselves, their families, and society as a whole.