Origins of the Civil War : Antebellum southern exceptionalism : a new look at an old question -- Tom on the cross -- The war of southern aggression -- The war and American society : The war that never goes away -- From limited to total war, 1861-1865 -- Race and class in the crucible of war -- The Glory story -- Why the North won : Why did the Confederacy lose? -- How the Confederacy almost won -- Lee dissected -- Grant's final victory -- The enduring Lincoln : A new birth of freedom -- Who freed the slaves? -- "The whole family of man" : Lincoln and the last best hope abroad -- Historians and their audiences : What's the matter with history?
