Overview
This book asks why the United States experienced a civil war in 1861 and analyses the descent into war in the final decade of peace. The book systematically surveys southern extremists, Republicans, Democrats, Whigs, temperance advocates and Know Nothings. It advances a new and unique explanation of the origins of the Civil War, the most important event in the history of the most powerful country in the world.
- | Author: John Ashworth
- | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 08, 2007
- | Number of Pages: 694 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0521885922
- | ISBN-13: 9780521885928
