The Essentials: Six Books on the Civil War | Smithsonian
网页2011年4月19日 · Here are six excellent ones: Battle Cry of Freedom (1988), by James McPherson: Widely regarded as the most authoritative one-volume history of the war. The Fiery Trial (2010), by Eric Foner: A...
The Best Historians and Books According to James McPherson
网页McPherson is considered to be the dean of Civil War historians. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning book Battle Cry of Freedom which is the best overview of the Civil War. In the interview, McPherson stated who he believes are America's top historians, the best book on the Civil War, military history, African American history, the ...
The Best Civil War Books of All Time
网页2017年11月10日 · For our latest newsstand-only special issue, The Civil War Almanac, we asked a panel of Civil War historians—J. Matthew Gallman, Matthew C. Hulbert, James Marten, and Amy Murrell Taylor—for their opinions on a variety of popular topics, including the war’s most overrated and underratred commanders, top turning points, most influential ...
11 Best Books on the American Civil War - The Daily Beast
网页2011年4月15日 · From James McPherson’s definitive history to Tony Horwitz’s adventures among obsessives, here are the 11 best books on the Civil War in time for the 150th anniversary.
Category:Historians of the American Civil War - Wikipedia
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Must-Read American Civil War Books for the History Buff
网页To better plan for our nation’s future, we have to understand our past. If you want to deep dive into this fascinating time in history, this list of books offers insights into everything from the battle at Gettysburg to the Emancipation Proclamation and beyond. Add to Bookshelf.
The best books on The American Civil War - Five Books
网页2020年6月22日 · Here, Drew Gilpin Faust, a leading historian of the American Civil War and former President of Harvard, recommends the best books to read about the conflict between North and South that tore the United States apart from 1861 till 1865 – and beyond.
Civil War Book List - NYTimes.com - The New York Times Web …
网页This list was compiled from three sources: recommendations made by James McPherson, the Princeton history professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning Civil War author, for American Heritage Magazine...
Society of Civil War Historians - AHA
网页2024年7月3日 · The Society organizes a biennial conference; awards the Tom Watson Brown Prize for the best book on Civil War era history; the Anne J. Baily Dissertation Award; the biennial Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Award; and the outstanding graduate student paper given at the SCWH conference.
100 Best Civil War Books of All Time (Updated for 2021)
网页Introduced by the critically acclaimed Civil War historian James M. McPherson, The Civil War vividly traces one of the most moving chapters in American history, from the early division between the North and the South to the final surrender of Confederate troops.