BOOK REVIEW - Crossing the Deadlines: Civil War Prisons Reconsidered - 0 views
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Bill Fulkerson on 13 Jul 19According to Cloyd "the ideal of reconciliation has harmed as much as it has healed over the years." This inclination to push the healing became especially a concern after the centennial of the Civil War in 1961-1965, when plans for a national observation collapsed over racial concerns. This, among other things, has led Cloyd to wonder if reconciliation is really possible. "There is more than a whiff of arrogance to our premature expectations of reconciliation," he observed, "The past evils that created the Civil War continue to endure: do we have the patience and humilty to face this uncomfortable reality?"