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　　This magisterial history of the first modern war is on the

scale of John Keegan's classics, A History of Warfare and The First

World War. In his sweeping, unputdownable narrative he highlights

the geography, leadership and strategic logic at the heart of the

conflict.

John Keegan writes: ‘The geography of the battlefield is to me a

living reality. I know the appearance of the battlefields, I know

the distances between them, I know the cemeteries in which the dead

were buried. What constantly puzzles me, however, is to relate the

landmarks of the war to its events, chronology, strategy and logic.

That war went on for so long – four years – over such an enormous

space – the Confederacy covered an area as large as Europe west of

Russia – and involved so many battles – 260 is the common reckoning

– and so many people that its events conform to no pattern at

all.

'How to make sense of the war is the question. In recent years,

this became the primary concern of historians, after nearly a

century of writing concerned either with arguing the rights or

wrongs or simply re-telling the story chronologically.

'The story of America is, in one of its dimensions, that of man

and wilderness. The story can be told as one in which man tames and

dominates; it can equally be told as one in which nature is never

really subdued, always bides its time, often asserts its power to

remind men of their pygmy status. The Civil War is certainly a

story of the struggle of man against man; it is equally a story of

the struggle of man against geography, in which those who had a

feel for the country eventually succeeded because they knew how to

work with the landscape instead of ignoring or defying it.’

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　　John Keegan, who was knighted in the Millennium Honours List,

is the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Britain's

foremost military historian. The Reith Lecturer in 1998, he is the

author of many bestselling books including The Face of

Battle, The Mask of Command, The Second World

War, A History of Warfare (awarded the Duff Cooper

Prize), The First World War, Intelligence in War and

The Iraq War.

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This magisterial history of the first modern war is on the scale of John Keegan's classics, A History of Warfare and The First World War. In his sweeping, unputdownable narrative he highlights the geography, leadership and strategic logic at the heart of the conflict.

John Keegan writes: ‘The geography of the battlefield is to me a living reality. I know the appearance of the battlefields, I know the distances between them, I know the cemeteries in which the dead were buried. What constantly puzzles me, however, is to relate the landmarks of the war to its events, chronology, strategy and logic. That war went on for so long – four years – over such an enormous space – the Confederacy covered an area as large as Europe west of Russia – and involved so many battles – 260 is the common reckoning – and so many people that its events conform to no pattern at all.

'How to make sense of the war is the question. In recent years, this became the primary concern of historians, after nearly a century of writing concerned either with arguing the rights or wrongs or simply re-telling the story chronologically.

'The story of America is, in one of its dimensions, that of man and wilderness. The story can be told as one in which man tames and dominates; it can equally be told as one in which nature is never really subdued, always bides its time, often asserts its power to remind men of their pygmy status. The Civil War is certainly a story of the struggle of man against man; it is equally a story of the struggle of man against geography, in which those who had a feel for the country eventually succeeded because they knew how to work with the landscape instead of ignoring or defying it.’