How White Greed Destroyed a Bank for the Newly Freed (review of 'Savings and Trust,' by Justene Hill Edwards The New York TimesRichard KreitnerOctober 19, 2024civil war, reconstruction, slavery, book reviews
Following the road to Civil War through Massachusetts and South Carolina (review of Robert Merry’s ‘Decade of disunion’) The Washington PostRichard KreitnerJuly 13, 2024civil war, second civil war, book reviews, slavery, abolitionism
A Savannah Poet (review of Jason Friedman's 'Liberty Street') Jewish Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJuly 1, 2024book reviews, civil war, slavery, literature, jews
Americans Have Enjoyed Imagining Civil War for a Long, Long Time (review of Alex Garland's 'Civil War') SlateRichard KreitnerApril 11, 2024film, civil war, second civil war, secession, literature, war and peace
The Conquered General (review of Elizabeth Varon's 'Longstreet') SlateRichard KreitnerNovember 20, 2023civil war, reconstruction, book reviews, slavery
Biographical Fallacy (review of James Traub’s Judah Benjamin) Jewish CurrentsRichard KreitnerFebruary 3, 2022jews, slavery, civil war, book reviews
Imagining a "Second Civil War" Is a Lost Cause (review of Stephen Marche's 'The Next Civil War') SlateRichard KreitnerJanuary 17, 2022second civil war, civil war, secession, book reviews
Did the Constitution Pave the Way for Emancipation? (review of James Oakes' 'The Crooked Path to Abolition') The NationRichard KreitnerOctober 6, 2021slavery, constitution, civil war, reconstruction, history, book reviews
The Unreconstructed Radical (review of Bruce Levine's 'Thaddeus Stevens') The BafflerRichard KreitnerMay 13, 2021civil war, book reviews, reconstruction, abolitionism, slavery, constitution
Why It’s Time to Take Secessionist Talk Seriously New York Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJanuary 19, 2021secession, civil war, second civil war, elections, federalism
The Election From Our Past That Blares A Warning For 2020 The Washington PostRichard KreitnerSeptember 11, 2020reconstruction, civil war, trump, constitution, elections
Americans Have Feared Another Civil War Since the End of the Last One History News NetworkRichard KreitnerSeptember 6, 2020civil war, second civil war, secession, war and peace, trump, reconstruction
Tear Down This Statue The BafflerRichard KreitnerJuly 6, 2020monuments, civil war, constitution, slavery
The Confederates Loved America, and They’re Still Defining What Patriotism Means The New RepublicRichard KreitnerJune 30, 2020civil war, reconstruction, trump, secession
Are We on the Verge of Another Civil War? (interview with David Armitage) Richard KreitnerFebruary 8, 2017interviews, second civil war, civil war
Fog of War: Inside the Strange, Compelling World of Civil War Reenactments Brooklyn MagazineRichard KreitnerSeptember 4, 2015civil war, photography, slavery, monuments
Vigilance: On the Underground Railroad (review of Eric Foner’s Gateway to Freedom) The NationRichard KreitnerMay 11, 2015slavery, civil war, abolitionism, book reviews
The Echoes of Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps The Boston GlobeRichard KreitnerApril 19, 2015literature, civil war
This Long-Lost Constitutional Clause Could Save the Right to Vote Richard KreitnerJanuary 21, 2015civil war, reconstruction, history, constitution, slavery