How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

by Heather Cox Richardson

How the South Won the Civil War tells the story of the second rise of American oligarchy: the larger story behind the South Carolina delegates’ putting western Senator Barry Goldwater over the top to win the Republican presidential nomination in 1964 and its logical conclusion in the present moment. It is the story of modern America. HOW THE SOUTH WON