Books written by David Detzer

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  Donnybrook: The Battle of Bull Run, 1861

  " --American Civil War Magazine "This is history as it should be written."--The Seattle Times David Detzer is Professor Emeritus of history with Connecticut State University.

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  Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning of the Civil War

  Covers the history and events leading up the the start of the Civil War with the firing of the first shot at Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.

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  Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run

  David Detzer pulls the drama from this pivotal moment in American history straight from the pages of diaries, letters, and newspapers, beautifully capturing the tense, miasmic atmosphere of these first chaotic days of war.

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  Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run

  A dramatic account of the two-week period in 1861 during which newly inaugurated president Lincoln attempted to prepare Union states for a possible Confederate attack draws on the period's headlines, intelligence reports, diaries, and ...

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  The Brink: Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

  An account of the 1962 confrontation between the United States and Russia caused by the installation of Russian missiles in Cuba.