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Title: Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference by Margaret E. Wagner, Gary W. Gallagher, Paul Finkelman, Library of Congress ISBN: 0-684-86350-2 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly readable and informative single volume
Comment: If one wishes to have a single volume of the civil war in all its various aspects, one would be hard pressed to find a better treatise than the nearly 1,000 page Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference.
It does not deal with the battles in depth as do so many other volumes on this epic struggle between North and South. Nevertheless, the battles on land and water are described and accompanied by many well executed maps. Descriptions of the armies and their weaponry are treated in detail, as is the treatment of prisoners of war. There are time lines on politics, slavery, naval encounters, and reconstruction.
The chapters that are most significant, from my point of view, are those that deal with nonmilitary aspects of the war: the economic differences of the north and south, the importance of religion in the lives of Americans, a brief account of slavery in the United states, a history of the beginning and development of the rift that led to the conflict. An excellent chapter of nearly one hundred pages deals with the politics the war. A rather grim, but enlightening, chapter discusses the treatment of the wounded (many amputations), the fight to control disease, and people important in establishing policy and organizing hospitals and field teams of doctors and nurses. A part of wartime history often relegated to the sidelines is the home front. A separate chapter on this subject corrects that neglected topic. A lengthy chapter considers the reconstruction following the end of hostilities. And where else but in this considerable tome would one find not only an account of the armies and battles but also one of the civil war in literature and the arts. After wading through this book, if your curiosity is stimulated to pursue a topic in greater depth then browse the final two chapters, where you will find lists and descriptions of civil war novels, poets and poetry, music, cinema, stage plays, and television movies and documentaries -- all dealing with the civil war. Also a list of organizations that promote the preservation of battlefields, others that document the civil war veterans and their descendants, reenactments of the war, a listing by state of major artifact and archival collections, and important publications on the civil war.
There is no single volume that is more wide ranging in its treatment of the civil war. The editors and the contributors are to be congratulated for putting into one highly readable volume almost anything one might want to learn about the civil war.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Reference For Civl War Buffs
Comment: The Desk Reference contains more than 100 photographs, maps and numerous tables that provide interesting facts and information about the Civil War. It is well organized and contains an easy to use list of Contents. It covers all aspects of the war, from major armies and key battles to prisons, medical care and events occuring on the home front. It doesn't read as a novel because it's purpose is to become a good reference source. James MacPherson wrote in the Preface to the book, " You will soon be impressed. and you will soon be hooked. Your knowledge and understanding of this greatest of American wars will expand and deepen more than you thought possible from a single volume."
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Title: Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History by David Stephen Heidler, Jeanne T. Heidler, David J. Coles, James M. McPherson ISBN: 039304758X Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 16 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
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Title: The Bloody Crucible of Courage: Fighting Methods and Combat Experience of the Civil War by Brent Nosworthy ISBN: 0786711477 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Historical times illustrated encyclopedia of the Civil War by Patricia L. Faust ISBN: 0061812617 Publisher: Harper & Row Pub. Date: 1986 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Valley Forge Winter: Civilians and Soldiers in War by Wayne K. Bodle ISBN: 0271022302 Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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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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