{"product_id":"this-republic-of-suffering-death-and-the-american-civil-war-national-book-award-finalist-vintage-civil-war-library-1","title":"This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (National Book Award Finalist) (Vintage Civil War Library)","description":"NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • An \"extraordinary ... profoundly moving\" history (The New York Times Book Review) of the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation.\n\nAn estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be seven and a half million. In This Republic of Suffering, Drew Gilpin Faust describes how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality.\n\nWith a new introduction by the author, and a new foreword by Mike Mullen, 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0375703837\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.0375703837.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Faust, Drew Gilpin\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reliant Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48030567923889,"sku":"RDV.0375703837.VG","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.reliantbookstore.com\/products\/this-republic-of-suffering-death-and-the-american-civil-war-national-book-award-finalist-vintage-civil-war-library-1","provider":"Reliant Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}