William Freehling discusses his new book, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 2*. Georgia Center for the Book presents historian and writer William Freehling. His second book examines one of the fundamental questions in American history: Why did the southern states leave the union and precipitate the Civil War? His new book, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 2, Secessionists Triumphant 1854-1861*, follows his Bancroft Prize-winning study of the Old South, *The Road to Disunion: Volume 1, Secessionists at Bay*.