[ Defending Southern Heritage: A Series of Letters and Essays in Response to Enemy Attacks by Jeff Paulk (Southern Vindicator Press, 2026; vii + 530pp.)] I have reviewed in these pages several books that address the War Between the States—its onset, and its aftermath—and Jeff Paulk’s new book may be the most impressive of these. Mr. Paulk is Oklahoma Division Commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and his book consists of no less than 387 letters, written over the course of 17 years, along with 7 essays. It is Paulk’s unflagging persistence that makes his book so impressive. He is a