A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War
Thomas Fleming offers a fresh interpretation of the American Civil War by examining how public beliefs, political ideas, and widespread attitudes helped drive the nation toward conflict. This historical study focuses on the influence of the public mind in shaping the causes and course of the war.
About This Book
Thomas Fleming explores the forces that shaped public thinking before and during the American Civil War.
The book presents a new understanding of how beliefs, arguments, and public attitudes contributed to the conflict.
It considers the relationship between ideas in the public mind and the larger historical causes of the war.
Readers interested in the Civil War and American history will find a focused examination of why the nation fought.
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