Table of Contents:
  • A new framework for the study of civil war
  • The Mexican Civil War of 1857-61 : an overview
  • The grammar of origin in context : The causes of the 1857-61 Mexican Civil War
  • The grammar of process in context : Mexico's descent into hell, 1857-61
  • The grammar of outcome in context : the resolution and memory of the 1861 Liberal victory
  • Conclusion : the grammar of civil war.