The stakes of power, 1845-1877.
Series: The Making of America
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1961
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
Subjects: United States -- History -- 1849-1877; United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877
Description: Few Americans in the early 1800s dreamed that the next two decades would see a growth in tensions that would lead to civil war. War did come, and during the succeeding century that was, its causes, its military history, and its aftermath, have been endlessly fascinating to Americans. The stakes of power, which won an Anthenacum of Philadelhia book award in 1961, is an account of this period.
Notes: Includes bibliography.