The Sections and the Civil War

A Basic History Of The United States #3

by Clarence B. Carson

--regional diferences and changes, the emergence of two parties and moves through the Civil War.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, School, American

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[Peter Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent basic introduction to American History with a lot of views that are not in vogue today. He is right in a majority of cases and should be read because he will force readers to question some of the prevailing narratives pushed by both liberals and conservatives. Plus he has a lot of primary quotes and brings up numerous laws and events that are not known as well, but still important in American history. He does not see the study of history as a way to push an agenda, but as an unfolding of facts. He clearly has his bias, which could be defined as small-government and strict constitutionalist among other things. But his bias does not cause him to ignore key facts, as is so often the case today.

I have not read volumes 4 and 5 yet, but this volume was superb. Perhaps no period of American history is as neglected as the 50 years preceding the Civil War. He does a great job marking the key events and showing how we got to a the Civil War. He does a good job with Andrew Jackson who was a key transitional figure, but also pretty complicated politically.

[Joe Cochran · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was very well written and I was surprised by how much learned after finishing this book about American History. My favorite part, which I knew very little about, was Reconstruction after the Civil War. This was very in-depth but just shortened enough to give you the highlighted Cliff Notes as to what occurred and the major political players behind what transpired during, and after Reconstruction. I'm very glad I read this and would recommend it to those interested in American History.

[Daniel]

210 pages

[S. · Rating 1 out of 5]

Pro-Confederate horsesh*t propaganda that I assumed was written in the 1950s before the Civil Rights movement. It appears to have been published in 1985 which makes it all the more unforgivable.