Download or read book New Perspectives on the Civil War written by John Y. Simon and published by Madison House Publishers, Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues raised by the Civil War, including its causes and consequences, reverberate through contemporary society. Family and community connections with the war exist everywhere, as do battlefields, memorials, and other physical reminders of the conflict. Here, leading Civil War scholars gather to sort out the fact and fiction of our collective memories.