Additional Required Readings 1

James M. McPherson
"Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism: A New Look at an Old Question"
Civil War History, Vol. 50 No. 4, 2004 pp.418-433

Thomas E. Rodgers, "Billy Yank and G.I. Joe:  An Exploratory Essay on the Sociopolitical Dimension of Soldier Motivation", The Journal of Military History, 69 (January 2005):  pp. 93-121.