Introduction / James M. McPherson and William J. Cooper, Jr.
Blueprint for victory: Northern strategy and military policy / Gary W. Gallagher
Rebellion and conventional warfare: Confederate strategy and military policy / Emory M. Thomas
Battlefield tactics / Joseph Glatthaar
"Not the general but the soldier": the study of Civil War soldiers / Reid Mitchell
Abraham Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis: comparing presidential leadership in the Civil War / Mark Neely, Jr.
An elusive synthesis: Northern politics during the Civil War / Michael F. Holt
Beyond state rights: the shadowy world of Confederate politics / George Rable
Constitutional crisis / Michael Les Benedict
What did the winners win? the social and economic history of the North during the Civil War / Phillip Shaw Paludan
Behind the lines: Confederate economy and society / James L. Roark
"Ours as well as that of the men": women and gender in the Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust
Slavery and freedom in the Civil War South / Peter Kolchin
