Table of Contents

1. Foreword
2. Introduction
3. The Secession Crisis
4. Slavery
5. The Homefront
6. The Battlefield
7. Native Americans
8. The Law
9. The West
10. International
11. Emancipation
12. Consequences
13. Conclusion

About the Author

Ted Widmer is a historian based at Brown University. He edited the two-volume set American Speeches for the Library of America and is writing a book about Abraham Lincoln's railroad journey in 1861. Clay Risen is an editor at The New York Times and the author of The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act. George Kalogerakis is a deputy Op-Ed editor at The New York Times and a co-author of
Spy: The Funny Years.

Reviews

"This is a clear, focused and thoughtfully executed volume ... Disunion pushes its readers to contest and challenge conventional understandings of the causes, course and consequences of the Civil War. It is an innovative and compelling volume with wide-reaching appeal to both academic and general audiences." -- Kristen Brill, History
"Noted academics, scholars, editors, and historians contribute to a collection of fresh, provocative essays on the Civil War, first published in digital form by the New York Times. ... Featuring a foreword by Ken Burns, who speaks to the persistent relevance of the Civil War as an initial but never satisfactory way of atoning for our original sin, the book elicits contemporary voices wrestling with internal conflicts that still haunt Americans today: as Widmer
writes, 'anger at the federal government, unresolved racial tensions, simple helplessness before the constant onslaught of a 24-7 communications grid that matured during the war.' An excellent teaching
tool, perfect for libraries." --Kirkus, starred review