A People's Contest: The Union and Civil War 1861-1865 (Modern War Studies)

Chosen by Civil War magazine as one of the 200 best books on the war. "One of the most thoughtful books ever written about the Civil War". -- Don E. Fehrenbacher in the Journal of Southern History. "A fascinating study of the impact of the Civil War on the North. As you read this splendid book, you can see the whole twentieth century simmering in the cauldron of the war". -- New York Times Book Review.