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Title: Waste of Time and Money
Review: This book is a complete waste. The central thesis is ajoke. The South spilled a lot of blood trying to save theirnew nation and to say they lacked nationalism is bad. There wasproblems with State's Rights issues among the various Governorsof the States (esp. Georgia, N. Carolina) but among the soldiersit wasn't that bad.The author's continued comparison of the South'smilitary tactic's to those of German and French General'swho served under Napolean is just annoying since the bookswritten by these Generals were either not yet published inEnglish or published at all and I doubt that many confederatesspent much time reading them the works in French or German.This book is just another reason why many people thinkhistory is boring. If you want a good read, pick up a CivilWar book by James McPherson, Shelby Foote, Douglas SouthallFreeman, or Bruce Catton.
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