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 ...
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...
Must-Read American Civil War Books for the History Buff
网页Random House publisher Bennett Cerf commissioned southern novelist Shelby Foote to write a short, one-volume history of the American Civil War. Thirty years and a million and a half words later, Foote published the third and final volume of what has become the classic narrative of that epic war.
35 Best Civil War Books of All Time [Ranked for 2024] - UpJourney
网页2024年2月13日 — “The Civil War: A History” offers a detailed account of the American Civil War, covering its causes, key conflicts, and the major figures involved. The narrative unfolds the events leading to war, the combatants’ experiences, and …
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. Interview by Eve Gerber. This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War.
Best Civil War Books - Read This Twice
网页2003年12月11日 — Delve into the defining moments of American history through these essential Civil War books, as acclaimed by leading literary publications and history experts. Recommendations from 48 articles , Barack Obama, Bill Gates, J. K. Rowling and 36 others .
100 Must-Read Civil War Books About The Historic Era - BOOK …
网页2016年8月1日 — The Civil War era, one of the ugliest periods in American history, has produced some of the most fascinating and heartbreaking books, both novels and historical accounts. From meticulously reconstructed battle scenes and the politics of war, to journals from slaves and all the horrors of slavery, thousands of Civil War books about America’s ...
The Best Civil War Books of 2021
网页2021年12月6日 — The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2021 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we’ve enlisted a handful of Civil War historians, avid readers all, and asked them to pick their two favorite books published in 2021. Below are their selections.
Library of America: The Civil War Collection - Penguin Random …
网页The selections include vivid and haunting eyewitness narratives of some of the war’s most famous battles—Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Fort Wagner, Chickamauga, Chattanooga—as well as firsthand accounts of the merciless guerrilla war in Missouri and Kansas; the Richmond bread riot and the New York draft riots; the controversies ...
The Best Civil War Books of 2020 – Civil War Monitor
网页The Books & Authors section of our Winter 2020 issue contains our annual roundup of the year’s best Civil War titles. As usual, we enlisted the help of a handful of Civil War historians, avid readers all, and asked them to pick their two favorite books published in …