B. Berry

Recovering the emotional lives of unsung Southern men and women, this work reveals that the fiction of "Cold Mountain" mirrors a poignant reality. In their search for a cause worthy of their lives, many Southern soldiers were disappointed in their hopes for a Southern nation. But they still had their women's love, and there they would rebuild.

In this work on the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Berry makes an impassioned and convincing argument for a reconfigured commission--fully independent, and with an expanded mandate that would allow it to oversee the preservation of all human rights.