Border War

“A good addition to all Civil War collections.” — Library Journal

“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

“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

“Fast-paced, lucid, and well-researched.” — American Historical Review

“[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 sobering, meticulously researched and astutely presented historical analysis, highly recommended especially for college library collections.” — Midwest 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

“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