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Interesting. I do have a number of questions... Legolas Send a noteboard - 28/10/2010 08:38:46 PM
- How far back does his introduction go (I know the essentials of the Civil War, but very little about the, well, half century before it, really), and how much later does the epilogue/whatever go - does it discuss Reconstruction and that conquest of the West that you mention in much detail?

- Do the books devote much attention to the geopolitical ramifications of the war, and the role played by the various other powers of the time?

- Since you mention "the greatness of Lincoln" standing in sharp contrast to those around him, does that mean Foote is guilty of the common American habit of hero-worship for certain presidents that makes non-American readers (i.e. me) rather sceptical? I've long felt that the real merits of men like Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln are nearly impossible to determine because of all the hero-worship in most American sources (and in Lincoln's case, his assassination doesn't help either) - it's exaggerated, but by how much? I'd be interested in attempts to balance those portrayals out a bit, the way historiography has done with e.g. Winston Churchill, or Napoleon.
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The Civil War by Shelby Foote. - 28/10/2010 08:25:39 PM 12272 Views
Thank you for the review. - 28/10/2010 08:37:38 PM 1679 Views
If you do, be sure to let me know what you think - 28/10/2010 08:56:15 PM 1674 Views
I will. - 28/10/2010 09:24:00 PM 1697 Views
Interesting. I do have a number of questions... - 28/10/2010 08:38:46 PM 1731 Views
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Thanks for the review. - 28/10/2010 11:09:19 PM 1703 Views
You should! - 30/10/2010 05:35:03 AM 1741 Views
Excellent. - 29/10/2010 02:24:56 AM 1835 Views
Chandler's book is excellent. - 29/10/2010 03:28:18 PM 1888 Views
I am curious - 30/10/2010 03:38:56 AM 1896 Views
Foote mentions it. - 30/10/2010 05:34:33 AM 1784 Views
Cool. *NM* - 31/10/2010 02:05:05 AM 887 Views
My brain instantly assumed it would be about Britain. Huh. - 30/10/2010 12:00:54 PM 1686 Views

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