A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era (Andrew F. Lang - CH) Print but Custer’s baptism of fire

but Custer’s baptism of fire came during the Civil War

Nowhere to Run: The Wilderness

" He also wrote the "Introduction" and "Place Index" to the Roll of Honor series

Of all the great “what if” scenarios in American history

even secured the Democratic nomination for president in 1864

A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era (Andrew F. Lang - CH) Print but Custer’s baptism of fireby Andrew F. Lang Most mid nineteenth century Americans regarded the United States as an exceptional democratic republic that stood apart from a world seemingly riddled with revolutionary turmoil and aristocratic consolidation. Viewing themselves as distinct from and even superior to other societies, Americans considered their nation an unprecedented experiment in political moderation and constitutional democracy. But as abolitionism in England,