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From Christopher Dickey, the author of "Our Man in Charleston: Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South" and "Securing the City," this site provides updates and footnotes on history, espionage, terrorism, fanaticism, policing and counterinsurgency linked to Dickey's columns for The Daily Beast and his other writings; also, occasional dialogues, diatribes, and contributions from friends.

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Recent Writings About the American Civil War Past and Present

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    Ken Burns' 'Civil War' After Dylann Roof

    Sep 6, 2015 12:01 AM EDT
    The PBS documentary turns 25 this year, just as the Charleston murders and the Confederate flag... MORE


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    A man holds a U.S. flag while gathering with others on a sidewalk near the U.S. embassy (not pictured) in Havana, Cuba, August 14, 2015.  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cuba on Friday to raise the U.S. flag at the recently restored American Embassy in Havana, another symbolic step in improved relations between the two Cold War-era foes. The ceremony, raising the flag over the building for the first time in 54 years, will come nearly four weeks after the United States and Cuba formally renewed diplomatic relations and upgraded their diplomatic missions to embassies.

    Cuba's Star-Spangled Slavery

    Aug 15, 2015 12:13 AM EDT
    The Stars and Stripes, not the Confederate flag, once represented the sordid system of human... MORE
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  • A British Spy in the Civil War South

    Jul 27, 2015 11:45 AM EDT
    Dickey describes his research into the story of British spy Robert Bunch, who watched the... MORE

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  • Confederates in the Blood

    Jul 21, 2015 1:00 AM EDT
    My new book looks at the raw truths of Southern history, but my family has been living that... MORE

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  • Confederate Madness Then and Now

    Jul 14, 2015 1:10 AM EDT
    A British consul witnessed the cynical process that plunged the United States into civil war in the... MORE

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