No historian has thought through such 'what if' questions as seriously as Roger Ransom says theWashington Post Book World. A master of historical analysis Roger L. Ransom follows the consequences of the what if scenario over an extended period of time exploring such issues as the fate of slavery in a CSA how the economies of the USA and the CSA would have developed and how their foreign policies would have differed. The result is a fascinating historical vision that is a source of insight into the critical events of the Civil War period as they actually happened.