Nichols, Roy F. The Stakes of Power. New York: Hill and Wang, 1961. Second volume in the Making of America series (Civil War history, synthesis and interpretation.

First Edition, First Printing; 246 pages with index and bibliographical note; 8-1/2 by 5-5/8 inches; maps; blue cloth, gold lettering on the spine, and blue top stain.

"Few Americans in the early 1800s dreamed that the next two decades would see a growth in tensions that would lead to civil war. War did come, and during the succeeding century that was, its causes, its military history, and its aftermath, have been endlessly fascinating to Americans. The stakes of power, which won an Anthenacum of Philadelhia book award in 1961, is an account of this period."

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