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Some of America's leading historians and scholars--including Tom Wicker, James M. McPherson, Geoffrey Perret, and Stephen W. Sears--provide a close-up look at the political events, battles, personalities, weaponry, and tactics of 1862, a pivotal year during the Civil War during which the Conferacy stood at its height of power. Original.
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From blood-stained battlefields to smoke-filled antechambers of political power-brokers, 1862 was a year of tumultuous events in America. Flush from its victories of the previous year, the Confederacy stood poised and powerful -- tantalizingly close to sundering the shackles of the Union and establishing itself as a new and independent nation-state on the North American continent. The battles, political events, personalities, and innovative weapons of war are re-examined, and often illuminated with new analysis and information, by some of America's foremost historians and scholars including: James M. McPherson ¬ Stephen W. Sears ¬ Tom Wicker ¬ Geoffrey Perret ¬ and many more.
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