"We have the war upon us"
Subtitle: the onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861
By: William J. Cooper
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781400042005
Subjects: Politics and government; Secession; Causes; History
Description: Presents a revisionist account of the period between Lincoln's election and the firing on Fort Sumter, evaluating the contributions of key figures and the circumstances that contributed to the Civil War's inevitability.
Notes: "This is a Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : "Is this not a remarkable spectacle?"; title: "The future is . . . shrouded in the very blackness of darkness"; title: "We need a statesman of nerve to meet the terrible crisis"; title: "The prospects for the country are gloomy"; title: "Up with polly, down with wisdom is the order of the day"; title: "You can still this storm"; title: "Fraternity is the element of the union"; title: "The quicksands that environ our ship of state"; title: Epilogue : Both sides marching to fields of blood".