Caroline Janney
Professor of History of the American Civil War and director of the John L. Nau Center for Civil War History, providing expert analysis on Civil War causes, events, and consequences.
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Apr 5, 2026 • 58min
The American Civil War (Part One of Two)
Caroline Janney, professor and director specializing in Civil War history, joins to trace how slavery, politics, and westward expansion fractured the republic. Short, vivid scenes cover Missouri and Kansas crises, Dred Scott, Fort Sumter, Bull Run, logistics of multi-front warfare, rail and telegraph impacts, and the turning of emancipation into military strategy.
