The causes of the civil war : institutional failure or human blunder? /
edited by Hans L. Trefousse
- New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971
- v, 128 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Slavery, the sole cause, by J. F. Rhodes.--The approach of the second American revolution, by C. A. and M. R. Beard.--Commitment to laissez faire, by W. A. Williams.--Two separate societies, by A. C. Cole.--Southern agrarianism, by F. L. Owsley.--Human failure, by J. G. Randall. Party failure, by R. F. Nichols.--A moral problem, by A. Schlesinger, Jr.--Fort Sumter a deliberate plot, by C. W. Ramsdell.--Lincoln's peaceful intentions, by D. M. Potter.--Lincoln's risky gamble, by R. N. Current.--Suggestions for further reading (p. 126-128)
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United States--History--Civil War, 1861- 1865--Causes