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The Demon of Unrest
by Erik Larson
The five months between Lincoln's election and Fort Sumter: honor culture, miscalculation, and the slide into civil war. Larson's most recent.
Read it if…
you want how a nation drifts into war.
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Skip it if…
you want battlefield history.
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Three things you will actually use
- Honor drives folly.
- Drift is a decision.
- Watch the first months.
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Read the chapters on Charleston.
Our verdict
Larson's Sumter.
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