Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Vengeance, April-December 1865
Chapter Two: Alienation, December 1865-1867
Chapter Three: Arrogance, March 1867-May 1868
Chapter Four: Resistance, May 1868-March 1869
Chapter Five: Distraction, March 1869-May 1872
Chapter Six: Law, 1866-1876
Chapter Seven: Dissension, September 1872-April 1877
Epilogue
Timeline
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Allen C. Guelzo is Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College. Three-time winner of the Lincoln Prize, he is the author of Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America, Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction, Fateful Lightning: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Gettysburg: The Last Invasion,
which won the Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History.

Reviews

"Guelzo's short book is highly informative for readers seeking a better understanding of a short but tumultuous era that continues to influence race relations in the United States.

-Publishers Weekly