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This run-of-the-mill rundown of major players (politicians, generals), significant battles (Antietam, Gettysburg, Shiloh), and other important aspects of the war in general includes representative entries on industry, medicine, and railroads. While supplementary materials such as primary-source documents, a chronology, and thematic essays add value, these would be better positioned in the main text, and in general the book just doesn't provide enough material. Its...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Gr 9 Up—Libraries that need single-volume Civil War ready reference or report material will appreciate this work. It combines opening essays featuring analysis of the war's causes, consequences, and historical controversies; 100 encyclopedia entries; a selection of primary-source readings; and a highly detailed time line. The clearly written analytical essays place aspects of the war into context, and authors discuss opposing viewpoints and competing historical theories, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More