When in the Course of Human Events

Arguing the Case for Southern Secession

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by Charles Adams

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.

Due/Published February 2005, 257 pages, paper

ISBN 0847697231

Working from the premise that "wars have seldom been justified," Adams argues that not only was the Civil War avoidable, but it was a humanitarian disaster that nearly destroyed American democracy. This paperback edition features a new Afterword by the author.