A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War

The American Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies outfitted in blue and gray uniforms, details that characterize conventional warfare. A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Even as irregular warfare has garnered increased scholarly attention due to its significance in contemporary global affairs, no Civil War researcher has until now examined its implications beyond the local dimension. Here, the author argues that guerrilla warfare took a large toll on the Confederate war effort by weakening support for state and national governments and diminishing the trust citizens had in their officials to protect them.
Written by Daniel E Sutherland, 435 pages, Hardcover, ISBN: 978-0-8078-3277-6.