Bushwhackers adds to the growing body of literature that examines
the various irregular conflicts that took place during the American
Civil War. Author Joseph M. Beilein Jr. looks at the ways in which
several different bands of guerrillas across Missouri conducted
their war in concert with their house- holds and their female kin
who provided logistical support in many forms. Whether noted
fighters like Frank James, William Clarke Quantrill, and "Bloody
Bill" Anderson, or less well-known figures such as Clifton
Holtzclaw and Jim Jackson, Beilein provides a close examination of
how these warriors imagined themselves as fighters, offering a
brand-new interpretation that gets us closer to seeing how the men
and women who participated in the war in Missouri must have
understood it. Beilein answers some of the tough questions: Why did
men fight as guerrillas? Where did their tactics come from? What
were their goals? Why were they so successful? Bushwhackers
demonstrates that the guerrilla war in Missouri was not just an
opportunity to settle antebellum feuds, nor was it some collective
plummet by society into a state of chaotic bloodshed. Rather, the
guerrilla war was the only logical response by men and women in
Missouri, and one that was more in keeping with their worldview
than the conventional warfare of the day. As guerrilla conflicts
rage around the world and violence remains closely linked with
masculine identity here in America, this look into the past offers
timely insight into our modern world and several of its current
struggles.
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