Civil War Memory & Politics: Dr. Tim Galsworthy on The Republican House Divided

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 author of The Republican House Divided which traces the GOP's evolution from the party of Lincoln to the racially Conservative Party of the twenty-first century. Be sure to buy your copy here. Learn more about Dr. Galsworthy here. Support the show