The a military history Keegan, John. creator text bibliography nyu New York Alfred A. Knopf 2009 1st ed. monographic eng

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xvi, 396 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm. 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 -- Utting the Chattanooga-Atlantic 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. John Keegan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-373) and index. n-us--- Military geography United States History 19th century United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns United States Stragegic aspects United States Geography E470 .K255 2009 973.7/3 9780307263438 0307263436 2009019469 DLC 120628 20190501190104.0 303042537