ADAM I. P. SMITH is Lecturer in American History at University College London, UK. He is the author of No Party Now: Politics in the Civil War North.

'Smith's The American Civil War skillfully integrates political, economic, military and social history in a narrative format that should suit students and instructors alike.' - Amy S. Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University, USA 'An attractively written, well-informed and analytically sophisticated, but always accessible, account of the great crisis.' - Martin Crawford, Keele University, UK 'Adam I.P. Smith has written an outstanding one-volume history of the Civil War in the United States. in 229 closely printed pages of text, he gives thorough coverage to virtually all the important events and issues of the war, with well-informed treatments of social, political, military, and diplomatic history...For anyone who wants an up-to-date, comprehensive, and intellectually lively one-volume history of the U.S. Civil War, this volume is an ideal choice.' -Paul D. Escott, American Nineteenth Century History

• List of MapsAbbreviationsKey Dates in the Civil WarPrefaceSlavery and the American RepublicPolitical Crisis and the Resort to WarThe Failure of Limited WarEmancipation and Hard WarCitizen SoldiersThe Ordeal of the Confederate RepublicThe Last Best Hope of EarthThe Magic Word, 'Freedom'NotesGuide to Further ReadingIndex.

ADAM I. P. SMITH is Lecturer in American History at University College London, UK. He is the author of No Party Now: Politics in the Civil War North.

'Smith's The American Civil War skillfully integrates political, economic, military and social history in a narrative format that should suit students and instructors alike.' - Amy S. Greenberg, Pennsylvania State University, USA 'An attractively written, well-informed and analytically sophisticated, but always accessible, account of the great crisis.' - Martin Crawford, Keele University, UK 'Adam I.P. Smith has written an outstanding one-volume history of the Civil War in the United States. in 229 closely printed pages of text, he gives thorough coverage to virtually all the important events and issues of the war, with well-informed treatments of social, political, military, and diplomatic history...For anyone who wants an up-to-date, comprehensive, and intellectually lively one-volume history of the U.S. Civil War, this volume is an ideal choice.' -Paul D. Escott, American Nineteenth Century History

• List of MapsAbbreviationsKey Dates in the Civil WarPrefaceSlavery and the American RepublicPolitical Crisis and the Resort to WarThe Failure of Limited WarEmancipation and Hard WarCitizen SoldiersThe Ordeal of the Confederate RepublicThe Last Best Hope of EarthThe Magic Word, 'Freedom'NotesGuide to Further ReadingIndex.