Look Away! - A History of the Confederate States of America

Literally thousands of volumes have been written documenting the battles fought in the American Civil War and shedding light on those who planned, led, or fought in those engagements. But relatively sparse scholarly effort has been devoted to examining the underlying social, political, and economic factors that led so many Southern States to band together in formation of a Confederacy separate from the Union.

Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America, by respected Civil War historian William C. Davis, helps to fill that void by viewing the Confederate cause through the eyes of those responsible for inspiring the birth of that new and independent nation, and those who, through their daily labors in a variety of pursuits, bore the burden of making this grand design work in the face of considerable obstacles. The book is, in essence, an eyewitness account of the Confederacy as experienced by those who first sought, then attained, and finally lost their dream of Southern independence.