The Crisis, its Responsibilities and Perils (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781020750960)

Originally published in 1861, this powerful political treatise argues that the Civil War was the result of a failure of leadership and a lack of moral courage. With eloquence and insight, William Nathan Harrell Smith makes a compelling case for why the Union must be preserved at all costs.

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