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Great Gambles Of The Civil War (Cassell Military Classics)

Great Gambles Of The Civil War (Cassell Military Classics)

by PhilipKatcher (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $8.39
Synopsis

Highly readable accounts of adventurous battle action Covers famous engagements at Manassas, Gettysburg and Vicksburg, and other actions big and small The fascination of risk taking, the gamble with life and death, the glory of success: it's all here.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 272
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 04 Nov 1999
ISBN 10: 0304351989
ISBN 13: 9780304351985
Book Overview: The American Civil War, 1861-1865, was from the outset a gamble for all concerned. The conflict was littered with cavalier actions by individual commanders and units which held little guarantee of success. Yet sometimes the gamble paid off, improbable victory the result. In this masterly account of thirteen dramatic military gambles, Philip Katcher shows how on each occasion the odds for success or failure were finely calculated and the desperate chance then taken. He charts the full progress of the ensuing action to its actual outcome, and the effect it had, bringing an intriguing new excitement to familiar battlefields.

Author Bio
Philip Katcher has made a lifelong study of the American Civil War, and written widely on the subject. He has the great narrative skill of the popular historian.