{"product_id":"this-republic-of-suffering-drew-gilpin-faust-9780375703836","title":"This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War (National Book Award Finalist)","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - An \"extraordinary ... profoundly moving\" history \u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003eof the American Civil War that reveals the ways that death on such a scale changed not only individual lives but the life of the nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn estiated 750,000 soldiers lost their lives in the American Civil War. An equivalent proportion of today's population would be seven and a half million. In \u003ci\u003eThis Republic of Suffering\u003c\/i\u003e, Drew Gilpin Faust describes how the survivors managed on a practical level and how a deeply religious culture struggled to reconcile the unprecedented carnage with its belief in a benevolent God. Throughout, the voices of soldiers and their families, of statesmen, generals, preachers, poets, surgeons, nurses, northerners and southerners come together to give us a vivid understanding of the Civil War's most fundamental and widely shared reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new introduction by the author, and a new foreword by Mike Mullen, 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Drew Gilpin Faust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375703837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375703836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.98h x 5.44w x 0.76d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/23\/2009 pg. 57","brand":"Drew Gilpin Faust","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050006409471,"sku":"9780375703836","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8362ce06-4da1-4c42-bb98-11d460871b13.jpg?v=1685004655","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/this-republic-of-suffering-drew-gilpin-faust-9780375703836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}