One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America\'s social and political landscape.
Masur begins by examining the complex origins of the war, focusing on the pulsating tensions over states rights and sl.
Masur\'s The Civil War: A Concise History offers a masterful and eminently readable overview of the war\'s multiple causes and catastrophic effects.
Louis P.
One hundred and fifty years after the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the Civil War still captures the American imagination, and its reverberations can still be felt throughout America\'s social and political landscape