Demon of Unrest
In the tense five months between Lincoln's election and the first shots of the Civil War, a nation teetered on the brink, paralyzed by hubris and miscalculation. Erik Larson masterfully chronicles the escalating crisis, focusing on key figures like the conflicted Major Anderson, the firebrand Edmund Ruffin, and an overwhelmed Lincoln grappling with a divided cabinet. This gripping narrative, drawn from intimate historical records, reveals how personal tragedies and political blunders propelled America toward a conflict that seemed both inevitable and unimaginable.
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