TY - BOOK AB - 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. AU - Nichols, Roy F. CN - E415.7 CN - E415.7 CY - New York : DA - ©1961. ID - 1388235 KW - United States -- History -- 1849-1877. KW - United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1877. KW - Politics and government N2 - 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. PB - Hill and Wang, PP - New York : PY - ©1961. T1 - The stakes of power, 1845-1877 / TI - The stakes of power, 1845-1877 / ER -