Lincoln and the decision for war the northern response to secession /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McClintock, Russell
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Imprint:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
Subjects:	Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political and social views. Secession > Southern States > Public opinion. Nationalism > Northeastern States > History > 19th century. Political culture > Northeastern States > History > 19th century. Public opinion > Northeastern States > History > 19th century. United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865 > Decision making. United States > Politics and government > 1857-1861 > Decision making. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Causes. Northeastern States > Politics and government > 19th century.
Online Access:	Available in ProQuest Ebook Central - Academic Complete.

Table of Contents:

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. On the Brink of the Precipice: The Election of 1860
Chapter 2. I Would Not Endanger the Perpetuity of This Union: November
Chapter 3. Proportions of Which I Had but a Faint Conception: Early December
Chapter 4. The Issues of the Late Campaign Are Obsolete: Late December
Chapter 5. We Know Not What a Day or Two or an Hour May Bring Forth: December- January
Chapter 6. One's Opinions Change Fast in Revolutionary Times: January-February
Chapter 7. The Storm Is Weathered: January-February, Revisited
Chapter 8. A Calm Pervades the Political World: March
Chapter 9. Any Decision Would Be Preferable to This Uncertainty: March-April
Chapter 10. Everybody Now Is for the Union: April-May
Conclusion: Shall It Be Peace, or a Sword?
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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