Cooper, William J.,  Jr.  1940- <br/><br/>
We have the war upon us :  the onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861 / 
William J. Cooper. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Alfred A. Knopf,  2012. 
 - xv, 332 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> "This is a Borzoi book." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-315) and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue : "Is this not a remarkable spectacle?" -- "The future is . . . shrouded in the very blackness of darkness" -- "We need a statesman of nerve to meet the terrible crisis" -- "The prospects for the country are gloomy" -- "Up with polly, down with wisdom is the order of the day" -- "You can still this storm" -- "Fraternity is the element of the union" -- "The quicksands that environ our ship of state" -- Epilogue : "Both sides marching to fields of blood". 
<br/><br/> Presents a revisionist account of the period between Lincoln's election and the firing on Fort Sumter, evaluating the contributions of key figures and the circumstances that contributed to the Civil War's inevitability. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781400042005 (hbk.) 1400042003 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012019675 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Secession--Southern States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1857-1861.<br/>United States--History--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E440.5  / .C77 2012 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/11