Stanley Harrold is professor of history at South Carolina State University.
Border War is a must-have for anyone seeking to understand the
small-scale underlying fights that snowballed the Civil War. . . .
Textbooks and many leading historical works leave gaps by
portraying the sweeping movements, but Harrold fills in the details
without which a true and thorough understanding of the slavery
issue and the Civil War is impossible.--Virginia Libraries
[Border War] is a solid, detailed narrative of the violent conflict
that developed along the border between the North and South in the
decades before the Civil War.--The Annals of Iowa
[This book] can help those trying to develop a better understanding
of the issues that led to secession. . . . Highly
recommended.--Blue & Gray Magazine
[This book] should immediately be standard reading for all
historians of antebellum America.--Journal of Southern History
A good addition to all Civil War collections.--Library Journal
A sobering, meticulously researched and astutely presented
historical analysis, highly recommended especially for college
library collections.--Midwest Book Review
Fast-paced, lucid, and well-researched.--American Historical
Review
Stanley Harrold has written an excellent book that is sure to
prompt debate and additional research. It will be required reading
for historians of the slavery controversy in the United
States.--Civil War Book Review
This book is important in understanding the intense feelings on
both sides of the conflict that help lead to the start of our
American Civil War. . . . Excellent.--Lone Star Book Review
This work forces historians to reconsider the fault lines of the
origins of the Civil War and promises new directions for research.
Highly recommended.--Choice
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