The American Civil War

The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. It is also one of the most mysterious. It has captured the imagination of writers, artists and film-makers for decades but the reality of it confuses and divides historians even today. In this magisterial history of the first modern war, the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks the geography, leadership and strategic logic of the war and takes us to the heart of the conflict. His captivating work promises to be the definitive history of the American Civil War.

ISBN	0712616101	Pages	416
ISBN13	9780712616102 (What's this?)	Weight (grammes)	312
Publisher	Vintage	Published in	London
Imprint	Vintage	Height (mm)	198
Format	Paperback	Width (mm)	129
Publication date	05 Aug 2010	Spine width (mm)	25
DEWEY	973.7	Academic level	General
DEWEY edition	DC22

	Acknowledgements
	List of Maps
	Introduction
1	North and South Divide	3
2	Will There Be a War?	24
3	Improvised Armies	38
4	Running the War	58
5	The Military Geography of the Civil War	67
6	The Life of the Soldier	74
7	Plans	82
8	McClellan Takes Command	113
9	The War in Middle America	153
10	Lee's War in the East, Grant's War in the West	163
11	Chancellorsville and Gettysburg	179
12	Vicksburg	204
13	Cutting the Chattanooga-Atlanta Link	221
14	The Overland Campaign and the Fall of Richmond	237
15	Breaking into the South	259
16	The Battle off Cherbourg and the Civil War at Sea	280
17	Black Soldiers	289
18	The Home Fronts	302
19	Walt Whitman and Wounds	313
20	Civil War Generalship	321
21	Civil War Battle	333
22	Could the South have Survived?	344
23	The End of the War	348
	Notes	367
	Bibliography	371
	Index	375

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