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    Item specifics

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    Very Good: An item that is used but still in very good condition. No damage to the jewel case or ...
    ISBN
    9780739354636

    About this product

    Product Identifiers

    Publisher
    Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    ISBN-10
    0739354639
    ISBN-13
    9780739354636
    eBay Product ID (ePID)
    4069202033

    Product Key Features

    Publication Year
    2009
    Book Title
    American Civil War : a Military History
    Topic
    Military / Strategy, Military / United States, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), United States / General
    Language
    English
    Genre
    History
    Author
    John Keegan
    Format
    Compact Disc

    Dimensions

    Item Height
    1.1 In.
    Item Length
    5.9 In.
    Item Width
    5.1 In.
    Item Weight
    9 Oz

    Additional Product Features

    Intended Audience
    Trade
    Dewey Edition
    22
    Reviews
    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
    TitleLeading
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    Number of Volumes
    8 vols.
    Dewey Decimal
    973.7/3
    Edition Description
    Abridged edition
    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., 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. "

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