tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post4461588968210553048..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: A Prayer for the DyingJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-58152239747296974822009-05-23T16:55:14.715+03:002009-05-23T16:55:14.715+03:00New York, it is amazing to read about someone like...New York, it is amazing to read about someone like Chase who lost what... three wives? And most of his children? It is hard to imagine the amount of suffering that families went through during that period.<br /><br />On the other side, I've always wondered about the cost of war on women, since they are the survivors. When I was looking at the effects of the war on western exploration, I avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-82916912268232731002009-05-23T04:54:47.335+03:002009-05-23T04:54:47.335+03:00Re "how American institutions adapted to the stagg...Re "how American institutions adapted to the staggering burden of this new kind of war and wholesale death" <br /><br />I'm staggering from reading early parts of "Team of Rivals"--overwhelmed by the number/rate of deaths of women! DCan't help wondering if the Civil War raised the rate of male deaths to that of female deaths? <br /><br />On a related note, no wonder the men turned to each other Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-20612581527613416752009-05-11T17:51:00.000+03:002009-05-11T17:51:00.000+03:00A short reading and excerpt from the book here:
h...A short reading and excerpt from the book here:<br /><br />http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2008_nf_faust.htmlavrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-440448368903371012009-05-11T17:33:00.000+03:002009-05-11T17:33:00.000+03:00Gintaras, I started this last winter and, yes, it ...Gintaras, I started this last winter and, yes, it is fascinating and, yes, it is morbid. <br /><br />Unlike Blight's book that also deals with death during the Civil War, I had a very hard time with this one and finally put it aside. Too gruesome. Maybe if I finish it in the summer, when life isn't so dark anyway, it might be a better idea. <br /><br />It's had amazing reviews, so I'm sure avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.com