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The History Buff's Guide to the Civil War
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by Thomas R. Flagel
Sales Rank: 261322
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List Price: $16.95
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 400 pages
Published by: Cumberland House Publishing August 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1581823711
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1581823714
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
Book Description
Exploring the Civil War can be fascinating, but with so many battles, leaders, issues, and more than 50,000 books on these subjects, the task can also be overwhelming. Was Gettysburg the most important battle? Were Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis so different from each other? How accurate is re-enacting? Who were the worst commanding generals? Thomas R. Flagel uses annotated lists organized under more than thirty headings to see through the powder smoke and straighten Shermans neckties, ranking and clarifying the best, the worst, the largest, and the most lethal aspects of the conflict. Major sections are fashioned around the following topics:
Antebellum: Investigates the critical years before the war, in particular the growing crises, extremists, and slavery.
Politics: Contrasts the respective presidents and constitutions of the Union and Confederacy, the most prominent politicians, and the most volatile issues of the times.
Military Life: Offers insights into the world of the common soldiers, how they fought, what they ate, how they were organized, what they saw, how they lived, and how they died.
The Home Front: Looks at the fastest growing field in Civil War research, including immigration, societal changes, hardships and shortages, dissent, and violence far from the firing lines.
In Retrospect: Ranks the heroes and heroines, greatest victories and failures, firsts and worsts.
Pursuing the War: Summarizes Civil War study today, including films, battlefield sites, books, genealogy, re-enactments, restoration, preservation, and other ventures.
From the antebellum years to Appomattox and beyond, The History Buffs Guide to the Civil War is a quick and compelling guide to one of the most complex and critical eras in American history.
About The Author
Thomas R. Flagel is a freelance writer and history teacher. He holds degrees from Loras College, Kansas State University, and Creighton University and has also studied at the University of Vienna. Counting several Civil War veterans among his ancestors, including his great-great-great grandfather who served in the Second Iowa Infantry, he lives in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Reader Reviews
Seinfeld character George Costanza asked the question "I wonder what it takes to be a Civil War buff?" This book is the answer. If you are new to Civil War studies, this book will help you make sense of all the information out there. Key figures, battles and social phenomena are explained in language that a novice can understand (after reading it, you'll finally know what a "flanking maneuver" is). He also approaches the topic with a touch of humor (his list of "ways to be a successfull re-enactor" is required reading as much for re-enactors as for those of us who question the sanity of wearing a wool tunic on a July afternoon). For those who've already earned their stripes as a "buff" this book is still essential reading. A fellow buff of mine and I have already had many lively debates about Flagel's ranking of the best and worst generals--George McClellan the second worst general in the war? Flagel makes his case, and whether you agree, disagree, or wish to drop a twelve-pounder on his toe, it gets the juices flowing.
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