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Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart
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Southern pride-the notion that the South's character distinguishes it from the rest of the country-had a profound impact on how and why Confederates fought the Civil War, and continued to mold their psyche after they had been defeated. In Southern Invincibility, award-winning historian Wiley Sword traces the roots of the South's belief in its own superiority and examines the ways in which that conviction contributed to the war effort, even when it became clear that the South would not win. Informed by thorough research, Southern Invincibility is the historical investigation of a psychology that continues to define the South.
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Wiley Sword is the author of eight books including Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863 and Embrace an Angry Wind for which he received the 1992 Fletcher Pratt Award. His book President Washington's Indian War was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, Parkman Prize and Western Heritage Prize. He was educated at the University of Michigan.
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