{"product_id":"ends-of-war-the-unfinishe","title":"Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox","description":"\u003cp\u003eReview Immensely readable and utterly convincing . . . [Janney] offers a fresh and disquieting version of Lee's surrender, adroitly balancing official, political and military decisions with the recollections of the men on the ground who endured - and sometimes defied - its consequences. Anyone who still believes that the scenes around Kabul airport this summer were uniquely chaotic must read Ends of War.\" --The Wall Street JournalJanney expertly explains the complications of these ambiguous terms and their inconsistent application. The author also makes an excellent case that Grant should have specified terms more clearly, although she also acknowledges that he had to act quickly as circumstances on the ground shifted from day to day...this detailed military history will find an eager audience among Civil War enthusiasts.--Library JournalA detailed and compelling analysis. . . . Janney's study is a welcome reminder that ending a war is a messy business, no more so than in the instance of the American Civil War.\" --America's Civil WarThis beautifully written and engaging book will make an excellent addition to any graduate or undergraduate classroom. It is a valuable contribution to the military and political history of the Civil War.--The Civil War MonitorIf you're tired of reading about familiar Civil War events and eager to learn something new, every chapter of Ends of War will satisfy.--The Civil War Monitor's Best Civil War Books of 2021In the US, Janney is leading the charge in the study of the Civil War's conclusion and here offers a detailed examination, with numerous participant accounts, of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox and the national confusion that followed for many months. Janney captures the legalities and military questions regarding how to implement parole, pardons, and amnesty; the difficulties of soldier repatriation or refusal to quit; the fear and distrust between North and South after Abraham Lincoln's murder; and the key issues involving newly freed African Americans in a tableau illustrating the birth of many American issues that persist today...Recommended.--CHOICEJanney evokes the human drama of Appomattox and the memory of Confederate soldiers at the end of the Civil War. She does a great job utilizing many primary sources in detailing the perspective of officers and enlisted men both, relating their stories from when the guns went silent and on their journeys home. This is history at its best by a wonderful author and historian.--NYMAS ReviewA visceral, immediate, emotional depiction of Lee's men as they navigated the stages of their forced reintegration as loyal citizens of the United States. Janney helps modern readers comprehend the enormous costs of the war and the extraordinary difficulties forging peace.\"-Joan Waugh, author of U. S. Grant: American Hero, American MythWeaving together the words of people caught up in the tangled dramas of emancipation, surrender, and victory, Caroline Janney presents an unforgettable tapestry of a defining moment in American history. This is a work of rare humanity, insight, and skill.\"-Edward L. Ayers, author of The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of AmericaIn this fascinating new book, Caroline E. Janney tells a rich, detailed, and heartrending story of how the Civil War did not end in Wilmer McLean's parlor at Appomattox Court House. Through the lives of soldiers, politicians, and African Americans, she vividly recounts the months of chaos, violence, and defiance that followed Robert E. Lee's surrender. As Janney shows, it was a period that imperiled Reconstruction before it could begin.\" -T. J. Stiles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America and Jesse James: Last Rebel of the Civil War Product Description The Army of Northern Virginia's chaotic dispersal began even before Lee and Grant met at Appomattox Court House. As the Confede\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Just Great Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43857857544426,"sku":"002-052322-West Van\/Bowen-1472247191","price":6.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1735\/7290\/products\/81cTFVjutZL.jpg?v=1674794158","url":"https:\/\/justgreatbooks.org\/products\/ends-of-war-the-unfinishe","provider":"Just Great Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}