Essays.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The enigma of the South -- On understanding the South -- The historian's use of nationalism and vice versa -- The literature on the background of the Civil War -- The Lincoln theme and American national historiography -- Depletion and renewal in Southern histor y -- John Brown and the paradox of leadership among American Negroes -- Horace Greeley and peaceable secession -- Why the Republicans rejected both compromise and secession -- Jefferson Davis and the p olitical factors in Confederate defeat -- The Civil War in the histo ry of the modern world; a comparative view.

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