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Title: April 1865: The Month That Saved America by Jay Winik ISBN: 0-06-018723-9 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 20 March, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $32.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (149 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not Enough Superlatives
Comment: The English language lacks enough superlatives to describe this book. Jay Winik brings the denouement of the Civil War to life with the crisp, eloquent prose of a novelist and the exacting standards and rich detail of an historian.
The fateful decisions rendered in April 1865 -- perhaps the most momentous month in our Republic's history -- would help to transform a loosely connected confederation of independent states into a full-fledged, united nation. (In its early years, the United States was commonly used as a plural noun, Winik observes, becoming a singular noun only after the Civil War.)
It did not have to turn out this way. In fact, secessionist proclivities had been deeply embedded in the American experience, Winik points out, citing examples such as the Whiskey Rebellion, the threatened severance of New England during the War of 1812 and the South over the nullification law machinations. That the Civil War would forever lay to rest secessionist impulses -- and as important, not degenerate into a protracted campaign of low-level bloodletting and on-going recrimination (as many other civil wars have) -- is, Winik says, largely due to the words and deeds of men like Lee, Lincoln, Johnston, Grant and Sherman during the pivotal days of April 1865. It was Lincoln, Grant and Sherman who, time and again, chose reconciliation over retribution, while Lee and Johnston charted a path of honorable surrender (rather than prolonged guerrilla conflict) and wholehearted Union re-embrace.
Winik's new work is a masterful achievement -- certainly among the best books lining my bookshelf. Another classic is Winik's 1996 account of the U.S. triumph in the Cold War: "On The Brink." Fans of "April 1865" may want to check it out.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic book for Civil War fans & non-fans alike!
Comment: As a West Point graduate, I have always been very interested in the Civil War. This book is more than marvelous, because it breaks new ground, with vivid insights of Lee, Grant, Lincoln, Johnston, and Sherman-- among others-- and the strains and agony these leaders endured in April 1865. The passages on guerrilla warfare are chilling - but accurate history. I've read countless Civil War books and visited many battlefield sites. But I've never seen anyone put the war into context the way Winik does-- and he gives you a background to appreciate it in terms of American and even some world history. This is no dull history lesson. The writing is incredible, the narration engrossing-- readers can almost smell the smoke and hear the gunfire. Winik's story more than matches the narrative. If more historians wrote, researched and analyzed like Winik, Americans would be clamoring to learn more about their past. This is a terrific book; you won't find a better history all year. Just like Ike and Douglas MacArthur -- Five Stars-- and totally deserved!
Rating: 5
Summary: As Good As It Gets
Comment: If you are seeking a first rate overview of the Civil War, its causes and its importance to America as we know it, look no further. Using April, 1865, as his focal point, Winik reaches back to the Founding Fathers and forward to what might have been had this pivotal month turned out differently. He provides excellent insights to Lincoln, Lee, Grant, Davis and other key players. He also presents historical facts that most casual Civil War observers probably don't know including the assasination conspiracy, the fact that Appomattox was not the definitive end of the war and that several attempts at secession had been made by other regions during the country's first seventy years. His depiction of the fall of Richmond is gripping.
And, in addition to the wealth of information and insight provided, this history book reads like a best selling novel!
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Title: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by JOSEPH J. ELLIS ISBN: 0375705244 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 05 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (OXFORD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES) by James M. McPherson ISBN: 019516895X Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (Pivotal Moments in American History) by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0195135210 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Hallowed Ground: A Walk at Gettysburg (Crown Journeys) by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0609610236 Publisher: Crown Publishers Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Grant by Jean Edward Smith ISBN: 0684849275 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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