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The 10 Biggest Civil War Blunders

By: Edward H. Bonekemper III
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of "what if" scenarios - moments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission.

In this audiobook, Civil War historian Edward Bonekemper highlights the 10 biggest Civil War blunders, focusing in on intimate moments of military indecision and inaction involving great generals like Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman as well as less effective generals such as George B. McClellan, Benjamin Butler, and Henry W. Halleck. Bonekemper shows how these 10 blunders significantly affected the outcome of the war, and explores how history might easily have been very different if these blunders were avoided.

©2018 Edward H. Bonekemper III (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Military Civil War War

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Very enjoyable discussion of US civil war through the lens of mistakes made by people on both sides. Wide ranging. No 'lost cause' nonsense. Some speculative / counterfactual stuff but nothing tendentious. Well read.

fun for civil war geeks

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