Description: "As an installment of UGA Press's 'History in the Headlines' series, this book offers a rich discussion between highly respected scholars on the historical backdrop and context for contemporary "issues" (from the headlines). In addition to the historical context, these "conversations" demonstrate how historians speak to one another about contentious topics and can contribute in meaningful ways to the public's understanding. This volume focuses on the historical context of the January 6th invasion of the U.S. Capitol. In the free-flowing conversation, the participants also discussed if - and if so, how - historians should engage in public debates"--
Brief description: STEPHANIE MCCURRY is professor of history at Columbia University. She is the author of three prize winning books, including Women's War: Fighting and Surviving the American Civil War and Confederate Reckoning: Power and Politics in the Civil War South.
Review Quotes: I want to applaud the organizers of the forum, including Jim Downs and Catherine Clinton, for hosting such a humane and lively conversation on a topic that wrenches the heart of every informed citizen. This important book makes plain that January 6 was a singular and portentous event whose implications we ignore at our peril.--Elizabeth Cobbs "author of Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé"