The Social Animal

the North's choice of war over disunionrndestroyed the American people's right tornself-government and created on the ruinsrnof our ancient liberties an imperialrnstate did not escape the notice of historianrnWilliam Appleman Williams. "Simplyrnput," he wrote, "the cause of the CivilrnWar was the refusal of Lincoln andrnother northerners to . . .