Coming of the Civil War: A Stimulating and Profound Analysis of the Factors Which Brought a Nation Into War With Itself Book

I read this book a few years ago because I saw so many similarities between the political situation in the USA today and that which existed in the USA prior to the Civil War. The book is very informative. I discovered there are more similarities than those I had already taken notice of. We find ourselves in a sad political predicament today in the USA. When we don't learn from the mistakes of our past we only make them again. Living near Gettysburg is a constant reminder to me of what can happen when Americans stop reasoning with one another, will no longer tolerate one another, and refuse to accept political compromises. Politics becomes a power struggle, and the group with the most power wins. War is what happens when politics break down. And the breakdown of politics is what we are witnessing in the USA today. As this books tells us, the breakdown of politics in the USA has happened before.