During the Civil War, both the North and South were challenged by fiscal and monetary needs, but physical differences such as gold reserves, industrializati

A major work of history, The Great Tax Wars is the gripping, epic story of six decades of often violent conflict over wealth, power, and fairness that gave Amer

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year: “Tells the history of American trade policy . . . [A] grand narrative [that] also debunks trade-policy myths.” —E

Introduction: This book explores the long history of American taxation during times of war. As political scientist David Mayhew recently observed, since it's fo

“Captivating . . . [Lowenstein] makes what subsequently occurred at Treasury and on Wall Street during the early 1860s seem as enthralling as what transpired