Exploring Causes of the Civil War

From Eric Wittenberg at Rantings of a Civil War Historian and author of a number of books on Civil War…An Excellent Series of Posts December 18, 2007

Rene Tyree has an excellent series of posts…that began about a week ago on the causes of the Civil War. Tonight’s installment is part 8 of the series, and it’s really very well done and very insightful. I highly recommend the entire series to you…[it] constitutes one of the best and most concise analyses of the causes of the war I have yet seen.

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part I: Introduction 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part II - Antebellum America 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part III - The Antebellum South 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part IV - The Antebellum North

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part V: The Rise of Sectional Disputes

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part VI: The Contribution of Constitutional Ambiguity

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part VII: Political Discord, Slavery, and the Fight for Political Control 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part VIII: The Influence of the Individual 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part IX: The Debate Over the War’s Inevitability