"The Civil War", by Harry Hansen

[jimkehn]

I have a nifty little book called, oddly enough, "The Civil War", by Harry Hansen. It is a one volume treatment, and doesn't get bogged down in a lot of detail, but does cover adequately, IMHO, the politics, both domestic and foreign, and the campaigns.

[tremy]

Jimken's reply thread startled me.I bought Harry Hansens book around 1962 and thought nobody else had ever heard of it. I'm not sure of the merits of the book but it is to blame for giving me a life long interest and making me spend lots of hard earned cash flying to the States many times to examine the battlefields.
My students gave me Shelby Footes trilogy as a retirement present,a truly wonderful read even if he wasn't a bone-fide historian.
My favourite single volume as a military history is easy.
How the north won by Hattaway and Jones 750 pages of brilliance

[IronBrigadeYankee]

How the north won by Hattaway and Jones 750 pages of brilliance

I don't know how i forgot to mention that one....what an excellent work