Board Thread:New on Alternative History/@comment-72.185.4.15-20130303025444/@comment-6884305-20130303230629

Why would Douglas winning have delayed the war for just four years. The South would have seceded if Douglas had won, according to the new book "Lincoln's Tragic Pragmatism." So then there would have been two countrys in 1864. There would have been elections then, but not necessarily a Civil War. Why do you say one would have been inevitable? Thanks