"This is a history of Confederate efforts to terrorize, demoralize and defeat the North by attacking civilians and the government, using means outside the bounds of conventional warfare. It covers arsonists, "destructionists," engineers of chemical and biological weapons, bands of mobile operatives, and a variety of other nefarious characters and those who opposed them" -- Provided by publisher.

The war in context -- In the absence of rules -- "When you go to fight the devil ..." -- Fire in the night -- Out of Canada -- "Terror and consternation" -- Aimed at the President's house -- "Again a part of the United States" -- Coda -- Arc of a bomber: the life and death of William Stephen Deupree.