The American Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0754625141
- ISBN-13
- 9780754625148
- Series
- The American Civil War
- Category
- History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Pages
- 645
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Ashgate
- Author
- Ethan Sepp Rafuse
Description
The largest and most destructive military conflict between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, The American Civil War has inspired some of the best and most intriguing scholarship in the field of United States history. This volume offers some of the most important work on the war to appear in the past few decades and offers compelling information and insights into subjects ranging from the organization of armies, historiography, the use of intelligence and the challenges faced by civil and military leaders in the course of America's bloodiest war.
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