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The American Civil War: A Military History (Vintage Civil War Library) by John Keegan; OverDrive, Inc is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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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.;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 -- Civl War battle -- Could the South have survived? -- The end of the war.

Who reads The American Civil War: A Military History (Vintage Civil War Library)?

Author

John Keegan; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Doubleday; Vintage

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307263438

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, American Studies

Rating

4.3 / 5 (516 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14