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Ironically, just as the battlefield narrative was achieving new standards of comprehensiveness and depth in the immediate postwar period (1950s), the whole discipline of military history was reshaped by new developments. The "new military history" focused  on institutions, society, and thought rather than action.<ref>See  David A. Charters et al., eds.''Military History and the Military Profession'' (1992)  p 47.</ref>

Ironically, just as the battlefield narrative was achieving new standards of comprehensiveness and depth in the immediate postwar period (1950s), the whole discipline of military history was reshaped by new developments. The "new military history" focused  on institutions, society, and thought rather than action.<ref>See  David A. Charters et al., eds.''Military History and the Military Profession'' (1992)  p 47.</ref>

"What happened on the battlefields of the Civil War is very important to know and understand," historian David Blight argues states in ''Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the American Civil War'' (2002). But to know what happened on the battlefield is not nearly enough: "The legions of readers for Civil War military history should continue to hear the bugle call to knowledge of how the war was fought, which leaders were most pivotal in outcomes and why, which factors led to Union victory and Confederate defeat, and the values and motivations of soldiers and civilians in waging such a fundamental struggle for America's national existence." Thus, Blight looks "beyond the battlefield" and puts traditional battle history in context—and, it seems, in its place.<ref>Quoted in Noe (2007)</ref>  

"What happened on the battlefields of the Civil War is very important to know and understand," historian David Blight argues states in ''Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory, and the [[American Civil War]]'' (2002). But to know what happened on the battlefield is not nearly enough: "The legions of readers for Civil War military history should continue to hear the bugle call to knowledge of how the war was fought, which leaders were most pivotal in outcomes and why, which factors led to Union victory and Confederate defeat, and the values and motivations of soldiers and civilians in waging such a fundamental struggle for America's national existence." Thus, Blight looks "beyond the battlefield" and puts traditional battle history in context—and, it seems, in its place.<ref>Quoted in Noe (2007)</ref>  

"The most pressing challenge facing Civil War scholarship today," writes historian Daniel Sutherland regarding the purpose of "The Great Campaigns of the Civil War," a series published by the University of Nebraska Press, "is the integration of various perspectives and emphases into a new narrative that explains not only what happened, why, and how, but why it mattered." This series "points to new ways of viewing military campaigns by looking beyond the battlefield and the headquarters tent to the wider political and social context with which these campaigns unfolded; it also shows how campaigns and battles left their imprint on many Americans, from presidents and generals down to privates and civilians."<ref>Quoted in Noe (2007)</ref>

"The most pressing challenge facing Civil War scholarship today," writes historian Daniel Sutherland regarding the purpose of "The Great Campaigns of the Civil War," a series published by the University of Nebraska Press, "is the integration of various perspectives and emphases into a new narrative that explains not only what happened, why, and how, but why it mattered." This series "points to new ways of viewing military campaigns by looking beyond the battlefield and the headquarters tent to the wider political and social context with which these campaigns unfolded; it also shows how campaigns and battles left their imprint on many Americans, from presidents and generals down to privates and civilians."<ref>Quoted in Noe (2007)</ref>

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