{"title":"Webb Hawkins","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"civil-book-webb-hawkins-9798995273806","title":"Civil","description":"Civil: The War That Never Ended challenges one of the most enduring assumptions in American history-that the Civil War ended in 1865. In this provocative and deeply researched work, Webb Hawkins argues that while the Confederacy was defeated on the battlefield, the ideology that sustained it was never fully dismantled. Instead, it adapted, endured, and gradually reasserted itself within American political, legal, and cultural institutions.\nTracing the arc of American history from Reconstruction to the present day, Hawkins shows how the failure to hold Confederate leadership fully accountable allowed the ideas behind the rebellion to survive. Through the rise of Jim Crow laws, the construction of the Lost Cause narrative, voter suppression campaigns, and the reshaping of the federal judiciary, the legacy of the Confederacy continued to shape the nation long after the guns fell silent.\nPlacing the American experience in global context, the book contrasts the United States' postwar reconciliation with Germany's deliberate effort to dismantle Nazism after World War II. Where Germany pursued legal accountability and ideological repudiation, Hawkins argues, the United States chose accommodation-leaving unresolved tensions that continue to reverberate through American politics.\nThe result is a sweeping reinterpretation of American history that helps explain the conflicts that define the nation today. By examining how memory, power, and narrative have shaped the country's institutions, Civil offers readers a powerful framework for understanding why the struggle over democracy, race, and political power in the United States remains unfinished.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":54109616439569,"sku":"NIN9798995273806","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":54560569164049,"sku":"CINB0GT8CFNWTG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9798995273806.jpg?v=1786221859"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/author-books-by-webb-hawkins.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}