Writing the Civil War : the quest to understand /
McPherson, James M.
Cooper, William J.(William James),1940-
Columbia : University of South Carolina Press,
c1998.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / James M. McPherson and William J. Cooper, Jr. -- Blueprint for victory: Northern strategy and military policy / Gary W. Gallagher -- Rebellion and conventional warfare: Confederate strategy and military policy / Emory M. Thomas -- Battlefield tactics / Joseph Glatthaar -- "Not the general but the soldier": the study of Civil War soldiers / Reid Mitchell -- Abraham Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis: comparing presidential leadership in the Civil War / Mark Neely, Jr. -- An elusive synthesis: Northern politics during the Civil War / Michael F. Holt -- Beyond state rights: the shadowy world of Confederate politics / George Rable -- Constitutional crisis / Michael Les Benedict -- What did the winners win? the social and economic history of the North during the Civil War / Phillip Shaw Paludan -- Behind the lines: Confederate economy and society / James L. Roark -- "Ours as well as that of the men": women and gender in the Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust -- Slavery and freedom in the Civil War South / Peter Kolchin -- Index.