Reviews

Praise for Drew Gilpin Faust's "This Republic of Suffering
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"Extraordinary . . . profoundly moving." --Geoffrey C. Ward, "The New York Times Book Review"
"It's a shattering history of the war, focusing exclusively on death and dying-how Americans prepared for death, imagined it, risked it, endured it and worked to understand it." --Jon Wiener, "LA Times Book Review"
"Faust is particularly qualified to identify and explain the complex social and political implications of the changing nature of death as America's internecine conflict attained its full dimensions." --Ian Garrick Mason, "San Francisco Chronicle"
"Faust excels in explaining the era's violent rhetoric and what went on in people's heads." --David Waldstreicher, "The Boston Globe"
""This Republic of Suffering" is one of those groundbreaking histories in which a crucial piece of the past, previously overlooked or misunderstood, suddenly clicks into focus." --Malcolm Jones, "Newsweek"
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