It's déjà vu all over again

[dormouse1953]

I am fascinated by the American Civil War and am currently reading a book called The Origins of the American Civil War by Brian Holden Reid.

So, seeing all these headlines in the papers today about how we must "save the Union" is causing some amusement to me.

Then again, the seccession crisis of 1860 followed on the heels of the financial collapse of 1857.  That was blamed on the bankers.