America Aflame is a major new interpretation of the civil war era. In this interview with author David Goldfield, light is shed into important dark corners, such as the tragic role played by evangelicalsm on both sides, why a post-war belief in science led the abolitionists to accept white supremacy, and why the whole horrible disaster could have been avoided.

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