Making Sense of the America Civil War is designed as a series of five conversations exploring different facets of the Civil War experience, informed by reading the words written or uttered by powerful voices from the past and present. The series focuses on three books: March by Geraldine Brooks, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam by James McPherson, and America's War: Talking About the Civil War and Emacipation on Their 150th Anniversaries, edited by Edward L. Ayers. Making Sense of the American Civil War is presented by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association's Public Programs Office.