ISBN: 9780395901366 - The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War – How Intelligence Shaped Victory, Defeat, and the Decisions of Commanders (44 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Most histories of the Civil War explain victory or defeat in terms of the skill of commanders, the fighting qualities of the troops, and resources in men and materials. Intelligence has been largely ignored because so little was known about it. Fishel's book is the first to examine in detail the impact of intelligence, and for virtually every campaign this intelligence explanation alters, sometimes radically, the historical picture.…

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Paperback. Condition: Good. Most histories of the Civil War explain victory or defeat in terms of the skill of commanders, the fighting qualities of the troops, and resources in men and materials. Intelligence has been largely ignored because so little was known about it. Fishel's book is the first to examine in detail the impact of intelligence, and for virtually every campaign this intelligence explanation alters, sometimes radically, the historical picture.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

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Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published. Condition: Covers have shelf wear and corner thumbing. Pages are clean and binding is secure.…

Paperback. Condition: VG-. 734pp. Index. Yellowing interior, soiling, wear wraps.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. First printing. Pages a bit toned, minor wear to corners. 1996 Trade Paperback. xiv, 734 pp. Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Fishel, Edwin C., Houghton Mifflin Co. 'A Mariner Book', 1996, c1996, 1st trade pb printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very good++, 734 pp with appendices, notes, bibliography, sources & index, B&W photographic & map illus., tall 8vo, ISBN: 0395901367, 'One of the most important books ever published about the Civil War; a career intelligence officer's discovery of the operational files of the Army of the Potomac's Bureau of Military Information', Military History; Espionage; Military Intelligence; U.S. Civil War. …

Trade. Condition: Near Fine. Book is square, solid, and unread with a perfect spine and sharp wraps -- they don't get any sharper than this! You'll do cartwheels all around the living room with wild abandon once you've received this book!!!! NOTE: Light evidence of handling to the sides of the book, light age tanning. …

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. text and pages are clean and unmarked, binding tight, no dust jacket, cover shows wear on edges and corners, corners are bent, no creases in spine, illustrated with black and white photographs and maps.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Stiff pictorial wraps. 5th ptg. Text block edges slightly tanned by age, with an area of lower front cover a bit rubbed from sticker removal, otherwise essentially as issued. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. Good trade paperback, slight wear and creasing.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Page block and page edges are tanned, with a few marks on the former. All text is clear. TS. Used.