The South and the sectional conflict - Potter, David Morris (Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press, 1968)
The enigma of the South.--On understanding the South.--The historian's use of nationalism and vice versa.--The literature on the background of the Civil War.--The Lincoln theme and American national historiography.--Depletion and renewal in Southern history.--John Brown and the paradox of leadership among American Negroes.--Horace Greeley and peaceable secession.--Why the Republicans rejected both compromise and secession.--Jefferson Davis and the political factors in Confederate defeat.--The Civil War in the history of the modern world; a comparative view.
Essays.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Southern States -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography