Word: reconstructionism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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LINCOLN'S SCAPEGOAT GENERAL, by Richard S. West Jr. Next to McClellan, the Union's most controversial Civil War general was Benjamin ("Beast") Butler. Like McClellan, he was weak in the field, but he was an efficient military governor of New Orleans and a doughty champion of liberal...
To fight Reconstruction, Klansmen decided to organize nationally. In Nashville, in 1867, they drew up a constitution, picked for their Imperial Wizard the Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, and turned their talents to terrorism. Cloaked in their sheets and masks, they rode the countryside thirsting for violence. Anyone-white or...
At week's end the country's death toll was approaching 300. Some 18,000 people were homeless, and the total damage was estimated at between $50 million and $100 million. With his ministers, Frei mapped out relief and reconstruction programs, ordered an inquiry to determine whether the...
President Johnson immediately offered U.S. assistance, and Frei responded with a request for "flour, condensed milk for children, and vehicles to transport water." Yet Chile's President did not ask-or expect-a massive infusion of emergency funds. He intends to float a special bond issue at home to...
LINCOLN'S SCAPEGOAT GENERAL, by Richard S. West Jr. "The Beast"-Benjamin Butler-was one of the Civil War's toughest Northern generals. He earned Southerners' undying hatred as the governor of occupied New Orleans, became a fervent champion of liberal causes during the Reconstruction. West succeeds...