A new book by Roger Lowenstein, Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War, provides an excellent introduction.Īlthough, as his title suggests, Lowenstein devotes more time to the North than the South, some of the most interesting sections of his book are about the South, both during and after the war. Today, with Russia’s war against Ukraine dominating the headlines, and with inflation in the United States at its highest level in four decades, is an apt time to revisit the financial side of the most important war in American history, the Civil War. Learn More.Two thousand years ago, Cicero observed that the only way to win a war is to raise money, which he called the “sinews of war.” The means of financing a major war have not changed much over the centuries: governments can tax their people they can borrow or they can print currency, leading to inflation. Please contact Kalev Leetaru with any questions. Video clips are streamed directly from the Archive and may experience delays or errors during periods of high load. It is optimized for desktop use under a modern web browser like Chrome.
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