The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been

What if Lincoln had been defeated in the 1864 election and Britain had recognised the Confederacy? What would have been the careers of an independent Confederate States of America and a defeated United States? No historian has thought through such ‘what if’ questions as seriously as Roger Ransom says the Washington Post Book World. Ransom follows the consequences of the what if scenario over an extended period of time, giving a fascinating insight into the American Civil War.