Confederate Exceptionalism: Civil War Myth and Memory in the Twenty-First Century.

After examining these artifacts from the Civil War era to the immediate post-World War I era, he contends that the evolution of monument design reflects the militarization of America. Although Brown's book is an invaluable addition to Civil War studies and art history, its argument about American militarization is not totally convincing. Maurantonio looks at one group at one time, but Brown examines both Confederate and Union monuments to identify their common elements. [Extracted from the article]

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