Maynard, Regarding your lecture # 142 wherein you apparently lay out the north and south as replaying the English Civil war in America, I am just now reading a very nice book, "The Cousins' War" by Kevin Phillips (Published 1999 Basic Books) which would seem a natural for genealogists. If you have other reading suggestions, I would appreciate them. In his book, Mr. Phillips discusses the origins within Britain of American immigrant waves to the north and the south in the US. He sees the Revolutionary War as well as the Civil War as deeply rooted in the religious and political origins of the Brits who immigrated. Early on he states his intent to discuss British and American history together and not as two distinct histories. I haven't gotten too far in my reading, but already I have been quite impressed with the maps and details. He also quotes Churchill briefly, as you did. Diana