Editor’s note: This is the 41st in a series of essays on the history and meaning of the American political tradition. The essays in this part, which resumes the series that left off at the end of October, will begin with the Civil War and continue through the New Deal. —————— Of all the episodes of American history the Civil War is the most problematic, the most studied, and yet in spite of that, the least understood. It looms large in the American historical landscape, surrounded by a rich mythology design … (read more)
