Here’s what other historians are saying about The American War:
“The authors have written a succinct yet detailed and eloquent history of the conflict that preserved and reshaped the nation in ways that continue to affect us today. Noteworthy features of The American War are the inclusion of Reconstruction as an integral part of the war, as indeed it was, and a final chapter on the conflicting memories of the war by those who experienced it as they attempted to give meaning to their experiences.”
– James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom
“No other recent work has so mastered the content and contributions of the best historians of our time, and distilled it into a work that is at once comprehensive and yet manageable. In their graceful words, Gallagher and Waugh offer the full context of the war’s coming, its course at home and in the field, and its consequences, both as it happened and as Americans chose to remember it. This is easily the best one-volume assessment of the Civil War era to date.” – William C. Davis, author of Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee–The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged
“Gallagher and Waugh do a wonderful job of explaining the main facts that shaped the war years and their aftermath. The authors manage to do justice to individual experiences and national goals in both the Union and the Confederacy, consider military strategies and battlefield tactics throughout the entire geographic landscape, and contemplate the war through the eyes of celebrated leaders, anonymous citizen soldiers, and a diversity of civilians – both white and black.”
— Matthew Gallman, author of Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front
“It is hard to see how any one brief volume could better deal with this vast subject. Gallagher and Waugh know all there is to know about the Civil War and manage to convey that knowledge with balanced judgment, engaging quotations, up-to-date scholarship, and humane insight.” — Edward L. Ayers, author of In the Presence of Mine Enemies: Civil War in the Heart of America.
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New to the Second Edition
To keep up with current scholarship on the Civil War and Reconstruction periods, new or revised material has been incorporated throughout The American War on the following topics:Chapter 1: The Corwin Amendment.
Chapter 3: Background and importance of the Trans-Mississippi theater in the war’s early stages; overview of conflicts with Native Americans between 1861 and 1865;
Chapter 4: Dix-Hill cartel of 1862; policies and practices of military occupation during and after the war.
Chapter 6: The war’s impact on human, animal, and environmental resources and dislocation.
Chapter 12: Recent clashes over the appropriateness of public Confederate memorials.
Further reading: Two dozen titles that combine accessibility and sound scholarship.
Digital Features
The interactive version of The American War includes the following features:- Filmed debates between the others on topics such as the “inevitability” of secession, war, and Confederate defeat.
- 40+ interview-style videos embedded within the textbook, including a dozen that feature Gary Gallagher on location at several battlefield sites.
- 100+ hyperlinks to important online resources.
- PowerPoint slide presentations available as an instructor resource at the end of each chapter.
- Auto-graded quizzes at the end of each chapter.
- Embedded discussion questions so that students can engage one another directly within the textbook.
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