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A fresh and balanced interpretation of the causes of the Civil War that challenges the view of slavery as a largely artificial of symbolic issue in the conflict between two incompatible societies.
Editorial Reviews
History
A provocative starting point for discussion, further study, and independent assessment.— William H. Pease
Civil War History
A well-writtem, traditional, and brief narrative of the period from the end of the Mexican War to the conclusion of the Civil War... Shows the value of traditional political history which is too often ignored in our rush to reconstruct the social texture of society.— Thomas D. Morris
Journal of Southern History
Tailored for adoption in college courses. Students will find that the author has a keen eye for vivid quotations, giving his prose welcome immediacy.— Daniel W. Crofts
Georgia Historical Quarterly
The best short treatment of the sectional conflict and Civil War available... Sewell convincingly demonstrates that the conflict was a revolutionary experience that fundamentally transformed the Republic and its people, and left a racial heritage that still confronts America today. The result is a poignant discussion of the central tragedy of American history and its legacy for the nation.— William E. Gienapp
Civil War Book Exchange and Collector's Newsletter
Sewell's style is fast moving and very readable... An excellent volume summarizing the stormy period prior to the war as well as a look at the military and home fronts.
Georgia Historical Quarterly - William E. Gienapp
The best short treatment of the sectional conflict and Civil War available... Sewell convincingly demonstrates that the conflict was a revolutionary experience that fundamentally transformed the Republic and its people, and left a racial heritage that still confronts America today. The result is a poignant discussion of the central tragedy of American history and its legacy for the nation.
History - William H. Pease
A provocative starting point for discussion, further study, and independent assessment.
Civil War History - Thomas D. Morris
A well-writtem, traditional, and brief narrative of the period from the end of the Mexican War to the conclusion of the Civil War... Shows the value of traditional political history which is too often ignored in our rush to reconstruct the social texture of society.
Journal of Southern History - Daniel W. Crofts
Tailored for adoption in college courses. Students will find that the author has a keen eye for vivid quotations, giving his prose welcome immediacy.
Georgia Historical Quarterly
The best short treatment of the sectional conflict and Civil War available... Sewell convincingly demonstrates that the conflict was a revolutionary experience that fundamentally transformed the Republic and its people, and left a racial heritage that still confronts America today. The result is a poignant discussion of the central tragedy of American history and its legacy for the nation.
— William E. Gienapp
Civil War Book Exchange and Collector's Newsletter
Sewell's style is fast moving and very readable... An excellent volume summarizing the stormy period prior to the war as well as a look at the military and home fronts.
History
A provocative starting point for discussion, further study, and independent assessment.
— William H. Pease
Journal of Southern History
Tailored for adoption in college courses. Students will find that the author has a keen eye for vivid quotations, giving his prose welcome immediacy.
— Daniel W. Crofts
Civil War History
A well-writtem, traditional, and brief narrative of the period from the end of the Mexican War to the conclusion of the Civil War... Shows the value of traditional political history which is too often ignored in our rush to reconstruct the social texture of society.
— Thomas D. Morris
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