Storm over Texas —— The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War

----- 德州暴风雨：兼并争议和通往内战的路

ISBN: 9780195315929 出版年：2005 页码：253 Silbey, Joel H Oxford University Press

As Joel Silbey argues in Storm Over Texas, the struggle over the admission of Texas into the Union marked the crucial moment when partisan differences were transformed into a North-vs-South antagonism, and the momentum towards Civil War leaped into high gear. Silbey, one of America's most renowned political historians, offers a swiftly paced and compelling narrative of the Texas imbroglio, which included an exceptional cast of characters, from John C. Calhoun and John Quincy Adams, to James K. Polk and Martin Van Buren. We see how a series of unexpected moves, some planned, some inadvertent, sparked a crisis that intensified and crystallized the North-South divide.