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perspectives based on material interests often govern
policy analysis, Shepperd demonstrates that social
interests cannot be neglected. Anyone involved in
Sino-U.S. military, economic, or political policy analysis
would certainly benefit from Shepperd’s approach. The
author’s analysis illuminates the need to incorporate
social interests in analyzing international interactions
within this appealing, theoretical work on Sino-U.S.
relations.
Viktor M. Stoll, King’s College, London

THE CIVIL WAR IN POPULAR CULTURE:
Memory and Meaning
Edited by Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. and Randal Allred,
University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 2014, 248
pages, $40.00

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he Civil War was the bloodiest and most substantial war in American history. The country,
fiercely divided by opposing political and moral conventions, embarked upon a war that would reap
death and destruction for four lingering years. The war
occurred 150 years ago, yet still has the ability to ignite
conflict among some Americans.
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