Part 1 of The Five Star Law novel Please read Conscription Compromise before Acquisition and Preservation. Casey: Soldier in the USA army, and loyal to a fault Lottie: A draft dodger with convictions and courage to spare Together: They will find out what it means to be products of the Female Procreation Act Lottie never wanted to be pregnant. That’s why she ran away, staking her life on her ability to survive in the wilderness. If everything went according to plan, she’d never set foot on Army property again. Staff Sergeant Huxley never wanted to be anything other than a soldier, bound to do his duty for his state and his country. He never expected to throw it all away for a woman and her baby. Finding each other changed everything. Now, Lottie and Casey have to navigate the minefield of new love, life-altering loss, and what exactly it means to be a family after the Five-Star Law. Rated: 16+ POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Genre: Dark, M/F romance, Literary Dystopia, Post-Apocalyptic Content: Emotional, PG 16 for language and mature themes Themes: Human vs. Nature, Army, Bully, Family, Rebellion Length: ~ 260,000 words WARNING: This story contains scenes of violence, offensive language, bullying, Sexual encounters, and mentions of sexual assault

In this book Professor Roger Ransom examines the economic and political factors that led to the attempt by Southerners to dissolve the Union in 1860, and the equally determined effort of Northerners to preserve it. Ransom argues that the system of capitalist slavery in the South not only "caused" the Civil War by producing tensions that could not be resolved by compromise; it also played a crucial role in the outcome of that war by crippling the southern war effort at the same time that emancipation became a unifying issue for the North. Ransom also carefully examines the impact that four years of war and the emancipation of slaves had both on the defeated South and the victorious North. -- From publisher's description.

Based on groundbreaking research, this book is the first of its kind to provide a close examination in English of the extensive imagery of the soldier figure in the war culture of early twentieth-century China. This study moves away from the traditional military history perspectives and focuses on the neglected cultural aspect of the intersection of war and society in China during a crucial period that led to the eventual victory of the Chinese Communist Party over the Nationalist Party. Integrating history, literature, and arts, this appealing narrative reveals multiple meanings of the soldier figure created by different political, social, and cultural forces in modern China. Drawing from a wide range of sources including government documents, speeches, newspaper articles, memoirs, military textbooks, and yangge drama, Yan Xu recounts stories of unforgettable Chinese political leaders, including Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong. She also examines the wartime experiences of previously marginalized social groups, including women soldiers, wounded soldiers, student soldiers, military writers, and vocational education professionals, giving voice to those largely forgotten by military historians. This book opens up a new area in modern Chinese history and Chinese military history by revealing that the cultural discourse on the soldier image is essential to understanding Chinese nationalism, state-building, and civil-military relations in the early twentieth century.

Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events. Its main objective is to demonstrate that although Canadian history has been marked by cleavages and conflicts, there has been a continual process of negotiation and a need for compromise which has enabled Canada to develop into arguably one of the most successful and pluralistic countries in the world. The authors have drawn from all genres characterizing the present state of Canadian historiography, including social, military, cultural, political, and economic approaches. In doing so their aim is to challenge readers to engage with debates and interpretations about the past rather than simply to study for an exam. The second volume begins with the nation-building project that got underway in 1864 and ends in the present. The book is illustrated with over 60 images, maps, and figures, all designed to support its mission to provide intellectual curiosity.