"One of the most scholarly and provocative books written in this much worked-over period."--Avery O. Craven, Saturday Review
"A documented, scholarly investigation of the growth of war fever in the North prior to the Civil War. The author discusses the disunionists both Northern and Southern, the party men who played politics, the businessmen who foresaw the loss of Southern markets, and those men who sincerely believed the Union...
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