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On 4/16/2025 at 12:57 PM, SimonBolivar said:

Sorry for quoting such an old post but

There are much better works (this is coming from a guy who used to have Foote as his avatar on this site) especially when Foote is saying things like "The North fought that war with one arm tied behind their back" which is generally not considered to be true. 

Historiographically, he doesn't really fit into the equation that much and if you're looking for a full synthesis then McPherson is still probably considered the "best" of the books that can also be categorized as pop history.

Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. McPherson ...Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War... book by James M. McPherson ($5)
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I also recommend watching Yale's David Blight's course (an entire semester of HIST119 at Yale for free) if you haven't watched it yet on YouTube. 



Here are the books in that course,

 

The NPS also published this essay from Alabama Prof George Rable in '04 that has some great works on different subjects in the war but is over 20 years old now. 

civilwarbibliography.pdf

 

Here's the required reading list for my school's graduate historiographical class from Fall 2023:
 

 

Just finished this book. Dispels a lot of the southern myths about the war. 

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