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A discussion with Dr. Tim Galsworthy on the impact of Civil War memory on the Republican Party during the 1960s.

Join me this week as I sit down with Dr. Tim Galsworthy as we explore the influence of Civil War memory on Republican Party identity during the pivotal 1960s and how a political strategy remade the party for generations. Learn how and why the Civil War featured so prominently in campaign rhetoric throughout the 1960s and 1970s - the same era of the Civil Rights Movement and the nations bicentennial - and how it impacts today's political climate. Dr. Galsworthy is a historian and the aut...

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Host: Alycia Asai

Guest: Dr. Tim Galsworthy

Topics covered

• Civil War memory
• Republican Party identity
• political strategy
• campaign rhetoric
• Civil Rights Movement
• political climate

Keywords

• Civil War
• Republican Party
• 1960s
• political strategy
• campaign rhetoric
• Civil Rights Movement
• political climate

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Books & works: The Republican House Divided

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