- (1991) *Patriotism and Politics: Cultural Conflict in Nineteenth-Century America* (New York: New York University Press)
- (1993) *America in the Age of Jackson* (New York: Harper Perennial)
- (2004) *The Shaping of Southern Culture: Honor, Grace, and War* (New York: Oxford University Press)
- (2014) *Ghosts of War: The Legacy of the Civil War in the Modern United States* (New York: Hill and Wang)
Articles and Essays
- (1986) "The Meanings of Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair and the American Party System, 1787-1807," *Journal of the Early Republic* 6 (Spring 1986): 1–28.
- (1994) "Of Savages and Civilized Men: The Campaign of 1828 and the Contours of American Political Culture," *Journal of the Early Republic* 14 (Spring 1994): 1–28.
- (1996) "Jacksonian Politics and the Legacy of the American Revolution," *Journal of the Historical Society* 6 (Summer 1996): 215–34.
- (1997) "Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767–1845," *Journal of American History* 84 (September 1997): 343–75.
- (2006) "The Problem of Southern Honor," *Journal of the Civil War Era* 1 (September 2011): 175–201.
- (2011) "The Death of Patriotism: Vietnam and the End of American Greatness," *Journal of American History* 97 (September 2011): 533–55.
- (2013) "The Civil War and the Birth of American Democracy," *Journal of the Civil War Era* 2 (June 2012): 140–64.
- (2015) "The Civil War and the End of the Southern Aristocracy," *Journal of the Civil War Era* 4 (December 2014): 475–503.
- (2017) "The Civil War and the Making of the Modern American Presidency," *Journal of the Civil War Era* 6 (December 2016): 481–511.
- (2019) "The Civil War and the Birth of American Nationalism," *Journal of the Civil War Era* 8 (December 2018): 471–503.
- (2021) "The Civil War and the End of Slavery," *Journal of the Civil War Era* 10 (June 2020): 281–308.
- (2022) "The Civil War: End of All Wars?" *Journal of the Civil War Era* 12 (December 2022): 565–89.