4to, 192 pgs, index, maps, over 400 full-color illustrations. First printing of the first edition. A very well done book, great maps making the movements of forces understandable.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

THE CIVIL WAR MILITARY MACHINE: WEAPONS AND TACTICS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMED FORCES

Publisher

Smithmark Pub

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

0831713259

ISBN 13

9780831713256

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Military

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Synopsis

Any Civil War buff will treasure this lavishly illustrated volume depicting the tactics and strategies of the Civil War and profiling the large selection of military equipment used by both sides.

Reviews

Drury, an editor of Combat & Survival (a subscription-only British periodical devoted to military uniforms and gear), and Gibbons, author and illustrator of books on battleships and Civil War naval history, have composed the only book on the Civil War to date that describes small arms (handguns and rifles), field and siege artillery, naval ordinance, and ships. The strong point of the book are Gibbons's excellent illustrations (over 400 in color), which not only portray the weapons of the Union and the Confederacy but also provide unique perspective drawings of battles and landscape and cross sections of weapons, forts, and naval vessels. Drury's text offers insight into how modern technology would alter future tactics--the Civil War being the first experiment in modern warfare. No other single volume on Civil War weapons contains information on so many different weapon systems. Recommended for all collections.
- Richard Nowicki, Emerson Vocational H.S., Buffalo, N.Y.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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