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The American Civil War : a military history / John Keegan.

Keegan, John, 1934-2012.
2009
E470 .K255 2009 (Mapit)
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Title
The American Civil War : a military history / John Keegan.
Author
Keegan, John, 1934-2012.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780307263438
0307263436
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Call Number
E470 .K255 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.7/3
Summary
Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozens of skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, and economics while discussing the pivotal roles of leadership and geography.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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North and South divide
Will there be a war?
Improvised armies
Running the war
The military geography of the Civil War
The life of the soldier
Plans
McClellan takes command
The war in middle America
Lee's war in the East, Grant's war in the West
Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Cutting the Chattanooga-Atlanta link
The overland campaign and the fall of Richmond
Breaking into the South
The battle off Cherbourg and the Civil War at sea
Black soldiers
The home fronts
Walt Whitman and wounds
Civil War generalship
Civil War battle
Could the South have survived?
The end of the war.

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