John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth from History

The year 2011 brings us the sesquicentennial celebration of the AmericanCivil War. Surprisingly, 150 years later, students continue to find themselvesasking many of the same questions about the great national tragedy faced duringthe centennial in 1961. For example, did slavery cause the great conflict, or didconstitutional questions act as the catalyst? Does the Battle of Gettysburg representthe t...