
A Savage War
A Military History of the Civil War
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The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War.
In a masterful narrative that propels listeners from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox, Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh bring every aspect of the battlefield vividly to life. They show how this new way of waging war was made possible by the powerful historical forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, yet how the war was far from being simply a story of the triumph of superior machines.
Murray and Hsieh paint indelible portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and other major figures whose leadership, judgment, and personal character played such decisive roles in the fate of a nation. They also examine how the Army of the Potomac, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the other major armies developed entirely different cultures that influenced the war's outcome.
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For generations of Americans, the word Antietam - the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland - held the same sense of horror and carnage that the date 9/11 does for Americans today. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America's single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation's future.
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Micro history at its finest
- De Amanda Tyler en 04-07-24
De: David A. Welker
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Meade at Gettysburg
- A Study in Command
- De: Kent Masterson Brown
- Narrado por: Shawn Compton
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade guided his forces to victory in the Civil War's most pivotal battle. Commentators often dismiss Meade when discussing the great leaders of the Civil War. But in this long-anticipated book, Kent Masterson Brown draws on an expansive archive to reappraise Meade's leadership during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Fantastic Book
- De Taylor Boulet en 04-14-22
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Thunder at the Gates
- The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America
- De: Douglas R. Egerton
- Narrado por: Sean Crisden
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
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In Thunder at the Gates, Douglas R. Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry - regiments led by whites, but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction, the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks.
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Civil War Heroes
- De Jared Wilkinson en 03-10-23
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Sherman's March
- The First Full-Length Narrative of General William T. Sherman's Devastating March Through Georgia and the Carolinas
- De: Burke Davis
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 11 h
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In November 1864, just days after the reelection of President Abraham Lincoln, General William T. Sherman vowed to "make Georgia howl." The hero of Shiloh and his 65,000 Federal troops destroyed the great city of Atlanta, captured Savannah, and cut a wide swath of destruction through Georgia and the Carolinas on their way to Virginia. A scorched-earth campaign that continues to haunt the Southern imagination, Sherman's "March to the Sea" and ensuing drive north was a crucial turning point in the War between the States.
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This is fiction, not history.
- De Anonymous User en 11-25-19
De: Burke Davis
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The Fall of the House of Dixie
- The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South
- De: Bruce Levine
- Narrado por: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Duración: 13 h y 57 m
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The J. G. Randall Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Illinois and associate editor of North and South magazine, Bruce Levine presents a gripping chronicle of the cultural and economic upheaval the South experienced during and after the Civil War. Drawing upon a treasure trove of diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and government documents, Levine offers a unique perspective on the old South's demise through the voices of those who lived through the conflict.
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Merely ok. . .
- De Steve E. en 03-19-13
De: Bruce Levine
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The Coming Fury
- The Centennial History of the Civil War, Volume 1
- De: Bruce Catton
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
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> The New York Times hailed this trilogy as “one of the greatest historical accomplishments of our time”. With stunning detail and insights, America’s foremost Civil War historian recreates the war from its opening months to its final, bloody end. Each volume delivers a complete listening experience. The Coming Fury (Volume 1) covers the split Democratic Convention in the spring of 1860 to the first battle of Bull Run.
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History As It Should Be
- De Bryan en 07-19-11
De: Bruce Catton
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Defending Dixie’s Land
- What Every American Should Know About The South And The Civil War
- De: Isaac Bishop
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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Are you interested in knowing the actual history of your country, or are you content with the propagandized version the winners of wars conjure up to feed schoolchildren? When it comes to the story and tradition of the U.S. South, and especially the events surrounding the Civil War (1861–1865), you may need to brace yourself. What you think you know about it is likely untrue – and not just by a little. Isaac C Bishop is a lifelong New-Englander who happened to become interested in southern culture. But when he began to earnestly study its history and folklore, he was shocked by what he ...
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Excellent
- De Jeff en 02-08-25
De: Isaac Bishop
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The Village
- De: Bing West
- Narrado por: Peter Berkrot
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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Few American battles have been so extended, savage, and personal. A handful of Americans volunteered to live among six thousand Vietnamese, training farmers to defend their village. Such "Combined Action Platoons" (CAPs) are not a lost footnote about how the war could have been fought; only the villagers remain to bear witness. This is the story of 15 resolute young Americans matched against two hundred Viet Cong; how a CAP lived, fought, and died; and why the villagers remember them to this day.
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It is like you were there!
- De Gina en 06-17-21
De: Bing West
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The Water Kingdom
- A Secret History of China
- De: Philip Ball
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water has been so integral to China's culture, economy, and growth and development that it provides a window on the whole sweep of Chinese history. In The Water Kingdom, renowned writer Philip Ball opens that window to offer an epic and powerful new way of thinking about Chinese civilization. Water, Ball shows, is a key that unlocks much of Chinese culture.
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Real History with great narrative
- De Duc Laurent en 03-05-18
De: Philip Ball
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- De: Alistair Horne
- Narrado por: James Adams
- Duración: 29 h y 56 m
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. It caused the fall of six French governments, led to the collapse of the Fourth Republic, and came close to provoking a civil war on French soil. More than a million Muslim Algerians died in the conflict, and as many European settlers were driven into exile. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one.
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Excellent history of France's Viet Nam
- De David en 04-10-16
De: Alistair Horne
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A Woman of Valor
- Clara Barton and the Civil War
- De: Stephen B. Oates
- Narrado por: Laural Merlington
- Duración: 19 h y 17 m
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When the Civil War broke out, Clara Barton wanted more than anything to be a Union soldier, an impossible dream for a 39-year-old woman who stood a slender five feet tall. Determined to serve, she became a veritable soldier, a nurse, and a one-woman relief agency operating in the heart of the conflict. Now, award-winning author Stephen B. Oates, drawing on archival materials not used by her previous biographers, has written the first complete account of Clara Barton's active engagement in the Civil War.
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I enjoyed this immensely……was sad to see it end.
- De Amazon Customer en 02-02-22
De: Stephen B. Oates
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Mosby's Rangers
- A Record of the Operations of the Forty-Third Battalion Virginia Cavalry, from Its Organization to the Surrender
- De: James Joseph Williamson
- Narrado por: Tom Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
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Mosby's Rangers were some of the most feared Confederate troops of the American Civil War. Under the command of Col. John S. Mosby, they executed small raids behind Union lines, raiding at will and then vanishing quickly into the countryside to remain undetected. James Joseph Williamson, a private who fought under Mosby from April, 1863, through until the end of the war, records in fascinating detail the activity of Mosby and his men from their companies' organization until the moment that they were disbanded.
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One of best accounts on Mosby and 43rd Battalion
- De John Leutner en 03-02-20
Renowned historian, outstanding book
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A must-read for modern commanders. Lessons learned in the American Civil War give clarity to mistakes during WWI. These mistakes gave way to WWII.A true masterful work
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Alternate view
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a very good knowledgeable to the point book
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A good once over for the Civil War
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Amazing depth
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PC propaganda
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Too many "therefores" and interjections
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If you're inclined to agree with the authors' take on the War, you may be able to enjoy this book, assuming you tailor your expectations appropriately. The book emphasizes slavery, criticizes scholars who talk of the states' rights role in the war and generally sets up a north-protagonist, south-antagonist narrative, though it portrays both sides as predominately inept. I'm sure that had such wise men as the authors been around in the 1860's to explain things to the cretans, the Civil War might never have taken place or, at least, been a quick and easy process.
The authors are clearly teachers because they repeat the same conclusions over and over
and freely pass judgment on the actions and decisions of every government official and soldier described, on both sides. If you are enamored with college professors and veiled condescension from on high, this book is for you. For me, such style is a hallmark of commentary, not what this book purports to be -- a "history" should not be so judgment-heavy. Keegan's history of the Civil War is far and away superior in this regard.
I found it particularly off-putting that the authors repeatedly use the third person to reference their own previous writings as support of some of the claims in this book. Accordingly, I question whether there is an underlying agenda here, though I do not care to speculate on what it may be. I would rather read a book of facts/information etc. and draw my own conclusions, rather than rely on someone else to tell me what to think, repeating it over and over to be sure it sinks into my thick head.
A Book about Conclusions
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