This book traces how and why the secession of the South during the American Civil War was accomplished at ground level through the actions of ordinary men. Adop

A new history of the causes of the American Civil War, highlighting the role played by ordinary men in the secession debate and process.

Charles Dew’s Apostles of Disunion has established itself as a modern classic and an indispensable account of the Southern states’ secession from the Union.

Between 1772 and 1795, Russia, Prussia, and Austria concluded agreements to annex and eradicate the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania. With the partitioning of P

Reflecting more than two decades of research on Yugoslavia’s collapse and based primarily on sources from the region itself, this book consistently challenges