A Great Civil War: A Military & Political History 1861-1865 by R. Weigley

A Great Civil War: A Military & Political History 1861-1865 by R. Weigley. Readers will find much to debate in this book - including its interpretations of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E Lee, it's implication that a superficially United Confederacy was doomed to defeat, and its affirmation that, because of emancipation, 'the Civil War calls for a rethinking of the attitude . . . that war is always futile, that its rewards never matched its cost, that any conflict must be immediately decisive and virtually without loss of American lives.' Written by: Russell F. Wrigley, distinguished professor of History Emeritus at Temple University. He is the author of numerous books on ancient and modern warfare. ISBN: 0-253-21706-7