Armies South, Armies North
- ISBN-10
- 1493024078
- ISBN-13
- 9781493024070
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-05-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Alan Axelrod
Description
An argument settler--and starter--for Civil War buffs who want to know which side had the better soldiers: Armies South, Armies North definitively compares the military forces of both sides. Civil War buffs are always arguing over which side had the better soldiers. Armies South/Armies North by Alan Axelrod helps readers reconsider their understanding of America’s most harrowing war. Axelrod is the author of more than one hundred books with a passion for military history and leadership. Each chapter of his new book compares the military forces with both quantitative and qualitative measures. Axelrod analyzes the equipment, the leadership and strategies, and the men who fought in each army, with additional focus on lesser known flash points during the war.
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- 2022-09
- 280 pages
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- Lyons Press
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