A Short History of the Civil War - Softcover

Stokesbury, James L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062064789 ISBN 13: 9780062064783

Verlag: WILLIAM MORROW, 2011

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Book by Stokesbury James L

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A comprehensive but concise chronicle of the battles, weaponry, economics, politics and personalities of the Civil War also analyzes the larger issues it raised and has been revised and updated in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. By the author of A Short History of World War II. Original. 25,000 first printing.

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The Definitive One-Volume History of the American Civil War

The American Civil War (1861–1865) was the pivotal conflict of the nation’s history. It was a wardefined by savage brutality, untold human costs, and monumental political crises that left theliteral and social landscape of the nation forever changed. One hundred fifty years later, itcontinues to hold a powerful grip on the American psyche. InA Short History of the Civil War, notedhistorian James L. Stokesbury dramatically and concisely chronicles the important events leading upto the war and, using maps, recounts its decisive battles while describing the strategies and tactics ofthe North’s and South’s prominent commanders. Drawing on fascinating details and little-known facts,Stokesbury also brings to life the generals—Grant, Lee, Hooker, McClellan, Jackson—and the unsungheroes of this great struggle between the Union and the Confederacy.

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• Verlag: WILLIAM MORROW
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062064789
• ISBN 13: 9780062064783
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 384