The American Civil War: A Military History

3.5⭐️ Interesting international views of the U.S. Civil War. For instance, Britain leant heavily toward the South, which sought diplomatic recognition, but was put off by north British mill owners...

3.5 starsVery informative read n the Civil War. Boy, did I learn a lot. I love books like these. I learned some about the civil war in school. You can can't learn everything but the basics. This book ...

I started this book with great enthusiasm. As I was reading there were things that started bothering me about the text, though I couldn't put my finger on what exactly was wrong. Then I read McPherson...

Excuse my naivete but I'm shocked that one of the best histories of the U.S. Civil War has been written by an Englishman. Granted that I'm a Keegan fan and thought his history of WW I helped me unders...

In his broad, single-volume history, Keegan offers an outsider's view of the American Civil War, providing fresh insights from a bracingly impartial perspective. However, though critics were quick to ...

I bought this book expecting to be impressed. I was, but not in a good way.Some time in the past, I don't know when, I read Keegan's single volume histories of World War I and World War II. I liked th...

What a strange and disappointing book. John Keegan was a well known military historian; one of his books, The Face of Battle, broke new ground in the description of the experience of fighting, from ge...

John Keegan is a major military historian. His book, "The Face of War," is a fascinating examination of major battles from a very different perspective. But his one volume history of the Civil War dis...

I debated between 3 and 4 stars for this one. Three stars for a basic, workmanlike history of the Civil War. Surprised at how much of it was familiar from studying the Civil War in grade school - whic...

Terrible history on slavery. Bad takes on African-American soldiers’ willingness and ability to fight. Putting the casual racism aside- deep understanding of military tactics and good overall milita...