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The American Civil War : A Military History by John Keegan (2009, Hardcover)
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- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307263436
ISBN-13
9780307263438
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71950733
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Civil War : a Military History
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military / United States
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-019469
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Reviews
Acclaim for John Keegan's THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR "[A]ssiduously researched and comprehensive…Keegan gives us a vivid, panoramic overview of dynamic, mid-19th century America…. Besides providing an insightful description of the more urban, industrial North and the slaveholding, agricultural South, Keegan takes us on an authoritative grand tour of Civil War battles…. He has walked these killing grounds [which] he clearly and knowingly describes…. Keegan pays close attention to the geography and logistics of battles and how they related to grand military strategy….Aside from the cinematic battle descriptions, Keegan delves deeply into the psychological makeup of the leading generals…. he is able to examine American history more objectively and with insights that might elude an American historian.…Written for the general reader,The American Civil Waris a wonderfully concise, comprehensive and insightful work. It is also heartfelt history." Chris Patsilelis,Philadelphia Inquirer "Keegan takes the long view of [the Civil War], putting it into broad historical context amid history's great conflicts, from the Napoleonic wars and World War I to Vietnam." Dwight Garner,New York Times "[Keegan] applies his outstanding grasp on the nature of human conflict to offer a fresh evaluation of the American Civil War….Among the numerous areas he explores are psychology, ideology, and demographics, but most tellingly, the role of geography in the unfolding course of the war." Nicholas Basbanes,Fine Books Magazine "[T]houghtful, incisive, and so much more than repetitious accounts of which regiment went where…. From the first paragraph it is evident that this is a thoughtful work…. [Keegan] breaks down the elements of battle in the war, noting the unusual fact that they were so frequent compared to other wars of the time, and so intense, and ponders how a single democratic society could produce such a ferocious intensity of war against itself….cogent, well-argued and insightful book, which approaches so much of the story from a vantage different than that of most of our Civil War scholarship." William C. Davis,The Military Book Club "[In t]his sophisticated survey….Keegan places battle strategy at the core of his narrative but does not get mired in the sandbox of the mechanics of war. His balanced interpretation illuminates changes shaped by combat, but his analysis moves beyond battlefield outcomes….With fluid assurance Keegan distils the challenging literature that has made the Civil War one of the 19th century's most popular subjects [and] weaves together America's rebirth of freedom with the transformative powers of a war that turned home guards into warriors when citizen soldiers replaced professional combatants…. Keegan's encyclopaedic knowledge pays rich dividends, as he invokes examples, from Waterloo to the Somme, from Sherlock Holmes to Churchill [while his] asides offer fresh insight…. The precision and punch of Keegan's narrative will please a broad audience." Catherine Clinton,BBC History Magazine "Keegan's observations on the human and logistic factor, Acclaim for John Keegan's THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR "Keegan excels at explaining the events and circumstances leading up to the Civil War, and explores how it might not have happened. He depicts with great clarity the haphazard nature in which both governments and armies entered the war. Keegan describes President Abraham Lincoln's frustrations with his generals with such realism that you almost have a sense of being there with Lincoln….an intimate description of Robert E. Lee's surrender [is] one of the best I have read. Here, Keegan shows his talents as a historian as he states that Americans recognize the Civil War as 'the struggle which completed the Revolution and made possible the realism of the ideals on which the Founding Fathers launched the Republic in the 1770s.' Amen….This British historian has thereby nailed the American psyche's captivation with its Civil War." James T. Course,Times Higher Education "Written in crisp prose [with] a confident, distinctive voice…insightful [and] amusing….On matters of grand strategy Keegan is at his best. He comprehends the Civil War as a whole, as a war won or lost in the vast western theater, and one in which the winners were those few generals, along with Abraham Lincoln, who developed a 'geostrategic appreciation,' a national rather than local understanding, of the conflict….Keegan's own geographic range inspires comparative insights that will prod….Keegan's exploration of how and why the war was fought the way it was fought leaves us much to ponder." David W. Blight,Slate "an impressive body of ideas for specialists and general readers alike to ponder." Dennis Showalter,American History Magazine "Even buffs steeped in the subject will find value in Keegan's observations and conclusions, especially about the nature of battle….The one-volume approach is refreshing and, these days, unusual." Joe Mysak,Bloomberg News "an intelligent survey of the conflict….Keegan offers many trenchant asides….is shrewd about Ulysses Grant's ability to leverage 'evolving technologies' [and] draws an interesting parallel between the approaches of Stonewall Jackson and the German World War II leader, Erwin Rommel….Keegan is fresh, stimulating and even provocative." Alan Cate,Cleveland Plain Dealer "[A]ssiduously researched and comprehensive…Keegan gives us a vivid, panoramic overview of dynamic, mid-19th century America…. Besides providing an insightful description of the more urban, industrial North and the slaveholding, agricultural South, Keegan takes us on an authoritative grand tour of Civil War battles…. He has walked these killing grounds [which] he clearly and knowingly describes…. Keegan pays close attention to the geography and logistics of battles and how they related to grand military strategy….Aside from the cinematic battle descriptions, Keegan delves deeply into the psychological makeup of the leading generals…. he is able to examine American history more objectively and with insights that might elude an American historian.…Written for the general reader,<i
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
973.7/3
Synopsis
For the past half century, John Keegan, the greatest military historian of our time, has been returning to the scenes of America's most bloody and wrenching war to ponder its lingering conundrums: the continuation of fighting for four years between such vastly mismatched sides; the dogged persistence of ill-trained, ill-equipped, and often malnourished combatants; the effective absence of decisive battles among some two to three hundred known to us by name. Now Keegan examines these and other puzzles with a peerless understanding of warfare, uncovering dimensions of the conflict that have eluded earlier historiography. While offering original and perceptive insights into psychology, ideology, demographics, and economics, Keegan reveals the war's hidden shape--a consequence of leadership, the evolution of strategic logic, and, above all, geography, the Rosetta Stone of his legendary decipherments of all great battles. The American topography, Keegan argues, presented a battle space of complexity and challenges virtually unmatched before or since. Out of a succession of mythic but chaotic engagements, he weaves an irresistible narrative illuminated with comparisons to the Napoleonic Wars, the First World War, and other conflicts. The American Civil War is sure to be hailed as a definitive account of its eternally fascinating subject. From the Hardcover edition.
LC Classification Number
E470.K255 2009
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