William C. Davis, "one of the best and most prolific historians of the American Civil War" (James M. McPherson, author of <I>Battle Cry of Freedom)</I>, offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy unlike any other. <P> Drawing on decades of writing and research among an unprecedented number of archives, ranging from the 800-odd newspapers in operation during the war to the personal writings of more than 100 leaders and common citizens, Davis reveals the Confederacy through the words of the Confederates themselves.<I> Look Away!</I> recounts all the epic sagas -- as well as those little-known and long-forgotten -- about a desperate government that socialized the salt industry, rangers and marauders who preyed on their fellow Confederates, and the systematic breakdown of law and order in some states. A dramatic, definitive account of one of our nation's most searing episodes, <I>Look Away!</I> shows us a South divided against itself, unable to stand.