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List of Maps ix
Preface x
List of Abbreviations xvii
Slavery and the American Republic 1
Nationalism, Democracy and Republicanism 2
The Slavery Issue 8
The Power of Slaveowners 17
The Crisis over the Extension of Slavery 24
Compromise and its Consequences 34
Political Crisis and the Resort to War 39
The Kansas Nebraska Act 39
Republicanism and the Slave Power 45
The Rise of the Secessionists 50
Lincoln's Election and the Secession of the Deep South 54
The North's War for the Union 60
The Sumter Crisis 66
First Bull Run 69
The Failure of Limited War, 1861-1862 73
The Military Balance Sheet, 1861 73
Strategy and Tactics 78
The Union Army Advances: December 1861-May 1862 84
Confederate Victories in the East: May to September 1862 87
Emancipation 91
Emancipation and Hard War, 1862-1864 103
Confederate High Tide: December 1862-July 1863 103
Confederate Reversals: Gettysburg, Vicksburg and Chattanooga 109
"Hard War" in 1864 115
Grant Takes Command 120
Citizen Soldiers 130
Life in Civil War Armies 137
Attitudes and Motivations 140
The Ordeal of the Confederate Republic 151
Birth of a Nation-State 152
Confederate Nationalism and the Southern People 159
The Strains of War and the Limits of Loyalty 164
Slavery and the Confederate Cause 172
The Last Best Hope of Earth: The War for the Union 178
Organizing Northern Society for War 178
Partisanship, Democracy and the Limits of Dissent 186
Reconstruction and Union Politics 196
The 1864 Election 201
The Magic Word, "Freedom" 205
The Road to Appomattox 205
Why the South Lost the War 209
The Nation "Redeemed" 220
Unfinished Business 224
Notes 230
Guide to Further Reading 249
Chronology of Key Events 260
Index 263
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