Booknotes II (March '14)

New Arrivals: 1. Uncommonly Savage: Civil War and Remembrance in Spain and the United States by Paul D. Escott (UP of Fla, 2014). I can't say that I've ever ruminated upon the parallels between our mid-19th century internal national struggle and the Spanish Civil War of the 1930s. On the other hand, Paul Escott certainly has done so, and he's even written a book about it. 2. Military