02184cam a2200313 4500 758659570 TxAuBib 20101218120000.0 090508s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009019469 9780307263438 $35.00 0307263436 $35.00 (OCoLC)303042537 DLC DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP UPZ JRS JQD MOF OCLCQ VP@ DLC NjBwBT TxGR TxAuBib Keegan, John, 1934-2012. The American Civil War [Book] : a military history / John Keegan. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. xvi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-373) and index. 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 -- Civil War battle -- Could the South have survived? -- The end of the war. 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. 20101218. Military geography United States History 19th century. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Strategic aspects. United States Geography. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. RV8