Stephanie McCurry

Columbia University

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Stephanie McCurry is a professor of history at Columbia University, where she studies the 19th century United States, the South and the Civil War. Her books include Confederate Reckoning:  Power and Politics in the Civil War South.

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Historians are dismayed that slavery as the cause of the Civil War is being downplayed once again. Why is the Trump administration lauding the "valor" and "honor" of the Confederacy?

Relitigating the Civil War in 2017

Historians are dismayed that slavery as the cause of the Civil War is being downplayed once again. Why is the Trump administration lauding the "valor" and "honor" of the Confederacy?

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