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Concisely introducing political, economic, and social matters, the author reduces battle detail in favor of analysis and enhances thematic interpretation. In a very real sense Anderson brings the story into the new century, making it relevant to today ... Recommended for all libraries. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels. - CHOICE Displaying a splendid gift for compressing facts without altering truths, Paul Anderson has produced a short history of the American Civil War that is long on quality and understanding. Lively, succinct, and perceptive, it is filled with sound, balanced judgments that make rare sense of a sprawling, complex, and crucial era in American history. A marvelous introduction to the war. --Daniel E. Sutherland, University of Arkansas

Displaying a splendid gift for compressing facts without altering truths, Paul Anderson has produced a short history of the American Civil War that is long on quality and understanding. Lively, succinct, and perceptive, it is filled with sound, balanced judgments that make rare sense of a sprawling, complex, and crucial era in American history. A marvelous introduction to the war. --Daniel E. Sutherland, University of Arkansas

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Paul Christopher Anderson is University Historian and Associate Professor of History at Clemson University, USA. He is the author of Blood Image: Turner Ashby in the Civil War and the Southern Mind (2002).

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