Description:
This is the story of how one site has garnered national attention and taught Americans valuable lessons about the future of historic preservation. It demonstrates that, with only 58 of 384 sites currently under Park Service jurisdiction, what has happened at Manassas might well occur on other historic grounds threatened by development or neglect.
Brief description: Joan M. Zenzen, who has a doctoral degree in American Studies, is a historian living in Maryland.
Review Quotes:
"An account of the fights to preserve the Manassas battlefields from development that provides a lesson for other historic sites. Battling for Manassas is a well researched, well written book. It is of great interest to anybody who is interested in battlefield preservation efforts for it provides an excellent overview of the process that has been successfully used at Manassas. It is of equal interest to anybody who has an appreciation for America's past for it most capably shows what is necessary to preserve our Civil history."
--War Courier