The Republican House Divided

"Everyone who wants to understand the Republican Party of today, or how Civil War memory is used politically, will need to read this book."—Ty Seidule, professor emeritus of history, West Point, author of Robert E. Lee and Me

"While there have been many books written on the 1960s-era Republican party, none have considered fully the role of Civil War memory in Southern Republican ascendance."—Mark McLay, Lancaster University, author of The Republican Party and the War on Poverty

"Galsworthy successfully captures the complicated and competing narratives revitalizing the Civil War within the party itself against the backdrop of the 100-year celebrations of the Appomattox surrender."—Michelle Nickerson, Loyola University Chicago, author of Mothers of Conservatism

"Tim Galsworthy compelling shows us how the thinking of Republicans, as they encountered the momentous years of the civil rights movement, was rarely far from memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction. He encourages us to think in new ways about the development of a 'southern strategy' that was consequential for American politics in the late twentieth century and beyond."—Robert Mason, University of Edinburgh, author of The Republican Party and American Politics from Hoover to Reagan