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RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:10 pm
by General Quarters
The book I read by Jones and Hattaway was How the North Won the Civil War. It was good but a bit of a one-note tune, as they explained everything in terms of "turning movements." I don't remember "intrenchments" -- maybe I should read it again. I am rereading Shelby Foote and amazed at how many things simply did not register with me the first time.
RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:49 pm
by Gil R.
Nosworthy's "Bloody Crucible" discusses hasty entrenchments, but the best book on this is "Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864" by Earl Hess. Very dry at times, but fascinating. It's supposed to be the first of a three-volume series.
RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:07 am
by Ian R
ORIGINAL: General Quarters
The book I read by Jones and Hattaway was How the North Won the Civil War. It was good but a bit of a one-note tune, as they explained everything in terms of "turning movements." I don't remember "intrenchments" -- maybe I should read it again. I am rereading Shelby Foote and amazed at how many things simply did not register with me the first time.
Now you know why I was asking about how much manoeuvre the maps allowed[;)]
RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:13 am
by Ian R
And one you can pretend your getting for the kids to read: Traveller by Adams.
RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:16 pm
by General Quarters
What is Traveller about?
RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:08 pm
by chris0827
ORIGINAL: General Quarters
What is Traveller about?
It's probably about Lee's favorite horse.
RE: Essential Reading/Viewing
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:52 pm
by Ian R
Its a history of the ANV from the point of view of Lee's favourite horse. It is in essence a kid's book but Richard Adams is an excellent author.