Description
Book SynopsisSecession Winter explores the fact of contingency and reminds readers and students that nothing was foreordained.
Trade ReviewThis slim but stimulating collection... deserves a wide audience. -- Jeremy Neely Journal of Southern History [ Secession Winter] should be attractive for use in undergraduate courses on the Civil War era. -- Stanley Harrold The Historian
Table of ContentsForeword by Jarod Roll
Introduction: The Secession Crisis as a Study in Conflict Resolution
Rush to Disaster: Secession and the Slaves' Revenge
"Save in Defense of My Native State": A New Look at Robert E. Lee's Decision to Join the Confederacy
The Shadow of the Past: Collective Memory and the Coming of the American Civil War
Conclusion: Conflicted Minds andCivil War Causation
Notes
Guide to Further Reading
Index
