Reviews for The Civil War

The average rating for The Civil War based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-09-26 00:00:00 Yee May Leong This book is unlike any other Civil War history that I've ever read as it deals not with battles, but with the politics of secession and the often-overlooked events that led the North and South to full fledged civil war. With this micro-history approach, Lankford has composed an intricate, wonderfully written, day-by-day and sometimes hour-by-hour account of the crooked road to Civil War.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-11-16 00:00:00 Kyle Mcguire A minutely detailed reconstruction of events from Lincoln's inauguration on March 4, 1861 to late April 1861, with the intention of proving that there were many opportunities to put off the Civil War. It focuses on the "Mid-South", i.e. the border states. The detail was interesting and enlightening, but I did not find the argument persuasive.