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"An interesting examination of one of the Confederacy's most intriguing politicians."
--The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)

"Most complete study of Zebulon B. Vance's two terms as governor during the Civil War that we have at this point… 'War Governor of the South' will remain the standard study of this topic for the foreseeable future."
--The North Carolina Historical Review

"Distinguished by the qualities that make a book worthy of contribution to literatuer and should find a place on the reading lists of those interested in the Civil War, the role one state played in the Southern war effort, and the reasons for Confederate defeat."
--The Civil War News

"Mobley's conclusions are carefully argued and supported by a profound knowledge of North Carolina's political history."
--Civil War Book Review

"will be of great interest to students of the Tar Heel state and the Civil War."
--journal of American History

"will be of great interest to students of the Tar Heel state and the Civil War"
--The Journal of American History

…detailed and nuanced analysis of one of the South's more complex and seemingly contradictory war leaders…
--Georgia Historical Quarterly

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