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020			_a9781400042005 (hbk.)
020			_a1400042003 (hbk.)
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100	1		_aCooper, William J., _cJr. _q(William James), _d1940-
245	1	0	_aWe have the war upon us : _bthe onset of the Civil War, November 1860-April 1861 / _cWilliam J. Cooper.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bAlfred A. Knopf, _c2012.
300			_axv, 332 p. : _bill., maps ; _c25 cm.
500			_a"This is a Borzoi book."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-315) and index.
505	0		_aPrologue : "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".
520			_aPresents 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.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government _y1857-1861.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _yCivil War, 1861-1865 _xCauses.
650		0	_aSecession _zSouthern States.
600	1	0	_aLincoln, Abraham, _d1809-1865.
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