In Armies of Deliverance, Elizabeth Varon offers both a sweeping narrative of the Civil War and a bold new interpretation of Union and Confederate war aims.

A lucidly written, richly researched, and convincing analysis of the global forces that shaped the politics of the southern slaveholders."—Journal of American History "Schoen has written an immensely important history of southern ...

This book presents Alexander H. Stephens, Vice President of the Confederacy, views on the constitutional reasons for the Civil War.

Examines the history, events and people that defined the American Civil War and the years of reconstruction proceeding the war.

Crisis of Fear was awarded the Allan Nevins History Prize by the Society of American Historians.

The book "was a sensation in its day, evoking attacks by Northern and Southern champions of causes upon which it impinged.": Dictionary of American Biography IX:574.

First published in 2005, A Theory of Secession: The Case for Political Self-Determination offers an unapologetic defense of the right to secede.

This book "traces the historical roots of the secessionist spirit, and introduces us to the often radical, sometimes quixotic, and highly charged movements that want to decentralize and re-localize power"--P. [4] of cover.