An excellent collection of original, well researched, lucidly written, and forceful essays representing cutting edge scholarship that stretches the traditional boundaries of the American Civil War era. Individually, the essays stand on their own as some of the very best work by talented scholars. Taken together, the essays confirm the merit of approaching and interpreting the Civil War era in the most expansive ways possible.
~Michael Parrish, Linden G. Bowers Professor of American History at Baylor University
The Long Civil War expands the range of what we consider the Civil War—temporally, geographically, conceptually. It features exceptional, high-quality essays.
~Patrick A. Lewis, author of For Slavery and Union: Benjamin Buckner and Kentucky Loyalties in the Civil War
All of the essays in The Long Civil War... are thoughtful and break new ground.
~Strategy Bridge
The Long Civil War's broad and welcoming approach to what Civil War history has been, currently is, and can be in the future makes the volume worthwhile for almost any historian of the era. The collection celebrates the continued richness of a field undergoing a transformation in methodologies; for example, the era of memory studies (still well represented here) is giving way to histories of emotion, rhetoric, and trauma, while new studies of the war's geographic boundaries, international aspects, and temporal scope continue to grow.... The volume succeeds because of its breadth. Each essay can be read as an important stand-alone piece that has specific stakes in a particular historical conversation, and each of the volume's authors should be commended for their clarity and concision.
~Journal of the Civil War Era
