Book Description
More academic and photographic accounts on the battle of Gettysburg exist than for all other battles of the Civil War combined-and for good reason. The three-days of maneuver, attack, and counterattack consisted of literally scores of encounters, from corps-size actions to small unit engagements. Despite all its coverage, Gettysburg remains one of the most complex and difficult to understand battles of the war. The Maps Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3 - July 13, 1863, by Bradley Gottfried offers a unique approach to the study of this multifaceted engagement. The Maps of Gettysburg plows new ground in the study of the campaign by breaking down the entire campaign in 140 detailed original maps. These cartographic originals bore down to the regimental level, and offer Civil Warriors a unique and fascinating approach to studying the always climactic battle of the war. The Maps of Gettysburg offers thirty "action-sections" comprising the entire campaign. These include the march to and from the battlefield, and virtually every significant event in between. Gottfried's original maps (from two to as many as twenty) enrich each "action-section." Keyed to each piece of cartography is detailed text that includes hundreds of soldiers' quotes that make the Gettysburg story come alive. This presentation allows readers to easily and quickly find a map and text on virtually any portion of the campaign, from the cavalry drama at Brandy Station on June 9, to the last Confederate withdrawal of troops across the Potomac River on July 15, 1863. Serious students of the battle will appreciate the extensive and authoritative endnotes. They will also want to bring the book along on their trips to the battlefield. Perfect for the easy chair or for stomping the hallowed ground of Gettysburg, The Maps of Gettysburg promises to be a seminal work that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious and casual student of the battle. Bio: Bradley M. Gottfried holds a Ph.D. in Zoology from Miami University. He has worked in higher education for more than three decades as a faculty member and administrator. He is currently President of the College of Southern Maryland. An avid Civil War historian, Dr. Gottfried is the author of five books: The Battle of Gettysburg: A Guided Tour (1998); Stopping Pickett: The History of the Philadelphia Brigade (1999); Brigades of Gettysburg (2002); Roads to Gettysburg (2002); and Kearny's Own: The History of the First New Jersey Brigade (2005). He is currently working with Theodore P. Savas on a Gettysburg Campaign Encyclopedia. REVIEWS "No academic library can afford not to include"Maps of Gettysburg" as part of their American CivilWar Reference collections."8/2007 Midwest Book Review, J.Cox
Customer Reviews:
A must have book........2007-09-26
I've been going to Gettysburg and reading about Gettysburg since the 1960s. I'm constantly learning new things. This book is without a doubt one of the better sources to learn and understand troop movements not just during the actual three day battle but actions over the entire Gettysburg campaign which started a month before and took up most of the month of July. Thank you Mr.Gottfried.
Maps of Gettysburg-A must have reference guide.......2007-09-12
I have studied the battle of Gettysburg for years and have read most of the recommended autors such as Coddington, Phanz, Foote, Catton etc and I still had areas of the battle that were hard to comprehend the movements such as in the Wheatfield. When I bought and opened the Maps of Gettysburg I knew that this was the book that would clarify many murky areas. I have been to Gettysburg three times and plan to go again this Oct. 2007 and will have the book alongside of me in the car.
John M. Ryan
a picture is worth a thousand words.......2007-08-30
I really looked forward to this Atlas & read the reviews here on Amazon.com before buying it. I was disappointed when I got my hands on the book.
In his introduction Professor Gottfried admits he was the creator of the maps found in the book. They were done using a computer draw program. He also tells us he fired two professional cartographers over "creative differences" before deciding to do the job himself. Did he do better than the professionals could have done?
It is a comprehensive atlas of the Gettysburg battle done in larger scale. There are a lot of close up shots but no zoom button on the camera. There are also some maps of other battles & events of Lee's Pennsylvania campaign thrown in but these do not amount to a comprehensive treatment of the rest of the campaign by any stretch of the imagination. The maps are done all in black & white.
The maps could be appreciated by a flatlander looking through a soda straw. By this I mean the large, zoomed-in scale maps, while offering snapshots of important phases of the battle, are not given any context by the inclusion of maps of a smaller, zoomed-out scale telling the uninformed just exactly where they are at the moment the snapshot was taken on the huge theater that was the Gettysburg battlefield.
By this I also mean the maps offer little in the way of contour information. I realise too much contour information presented to readers not used to military maps giving such detailed information may confuse & obscure more than help but more contour information should have been included as part of an essential cartography.
Also the maps give me as much information about how the farmers of the area planted their crops as they tell me about the tactical situation they depict.
I found the notes accompanying the maps on the opposite pages to be dull & dry. They are pedantic & uninspiring. I would have liked something more pithy. I don't want to wade through a bog of words when trying to find out at a glance just what the picture is trying to show me. The notes are a distraction. If I want a description of the nitty-gritty details of the battle I have a number of well-written histories (oops, historiographies) close at hand that have done a much better job telling me what I want to know about the battle.
I guess this one went over my head like a minie ball from one of Schimmelfennig's Dutchmen. "Aim low, boys." I would suggest this kind of work is too important to be left to the amateurs.
Oh, by the way, I haven't been to Gettysburg yet (I'm just a hick from west of the Mississippi) but I am curious what a "worm" is.
No academic library can afford not to include.......2007-08-04
"The Maps Of Gettysburg: The Gettysburg Campaign, June 3-July 13, 1863" by academician and civil war historian Bradley M. Gottfried is a unique approach to understanding what is perhaps the single most studied battle of the American Civil War. The intense series of lethal combats comprising the Gettysburg conflict that took place around the town of Gettysburg ranged from corps-sized actions to small-unit engagements began on June 3rd and included cavalry battles, cannonades, foot regiments, and was to prove the turning point of the war which beforehand had favored the Confederates under the leadership of General Robert E. Lee, but afterwards was to have General Lee on the defensive, finally culminating in his surrender at Appomattox. "The Maps Of Gettysburg" includes thirty map sets or 'action-sections' featuring 144 detailed full-page maps that together comprise the entire campaign from beginning to end. These are reproductions of cartographic originals down to the regimental and battery level. Of special note is the accompaniment of the maps are detailed descriptions of the units, personalities, movements, and combat associated with them. The narrative and deftly written text also includes eyewitnesses quotes. "The Maps Of Gettysburg" is a seminal contribution to the growing body of Civil War literature and highly recommended reading for civil war buffs. No academic library can afford not to include "The Maps Of Gettysburg" as part of their American Civil War Studies reference collections.
The only book you will need out on the battlefield.......2007-07-12
I have been to Gettysburg many times and I wish that I would have had this book back then. There has been several books with good maps in the past but this book is incredible. The detail of the maps down to the regimental level will not leave any doubt as to where everyone was. Thanks for a great book.
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Shelby Foote, who cut such a courtly figure in Ken Burns's PBS series The Civil War, is an uncommonly graceful writer as well, and this careful study of the 1863 Gettysburg campaign assumes the contours of a classical tragedy. Foote positions readers on the field of battle itself, among swirling smoke and clattering grapeshot, and invites us to feel for ourselves its hellishness: "men on both sides were hollering as they milled about and fired, some cursing, others praying ... not a commingling of shouts and yells but rather like a vast mournful roar." Foote's fine book is history as literature, and a welcome addition to any Civil War buff's library.
Customer Reviews:
As Good as it gets.......2007-06-27
I could write a long review about how good this book is but that would be a diservice to the author. We lost a great historian when Shelby Foote passed. He was a historian who prefered to be remembered as a novelist. As a proud Vermont Yankee, professional historian, and living historian of that period, I tend to get cranky about revisionist views or the whole Sourthern "lost cause" foolishness. However, Mr. Foote, a proud southerner, wrote about the most important event in our nation's history without the prejudice or regionalism, so many bring to the topic. He could write excellent history and tell the story with the readability of a novelist.
We are poorer for his passing but the body of work he left behind on the Civil War will remain some of the must have items in any serious collection of books about that second birth of our nation.
We'll miss you Shelby but thank you for what you left behind.
"They will attack you in the morning and they will come booming--skirmishers three-deep. You will have to fight like the devil.".......2006-07-04
Heth upon hearing a rumour that Early's men had over looked a suppy of shoes (many of his men were barefooted) when they passed though Gettysburg the week Sent his lead brigade under Johnston Pettigrew to investigate. Johnston Pettigrew returned on thr 30th of June, mindeful of Lee's warning not to bring on a battle till the whole army was at hand, prudently withdrew when he encountered Federal troopers along a creekbank west of town.
Heth still wanted those shoes so he took Pettigrew with him to repeat what he had seen to Hill. Hill responded "The only force at Gettysburg is calvalry, probably a detachment of oberservation. Mead's infantry are still down in Maryland and have not struck their tents." Heth was quick to reply "If there is no objection, I will take my division tommorrow and go to Gettysburg and get those shoes." "None in the world" said Hill.
Thus what started out as a movement for shoes ended in prehaps the most important battle of the War!
Sheby Foote is a master story teller who turns history in to classical literature. He includes many maps to help understand the grand movement of both armies.
Standing in the way of Heth's men to'get those shoes' was John Buford, a tough, Kentucky-born regular with a fondness for hard fighting. Though Hill was correct that at the moment there were only cavalry in Gettysburg, these troops (two brigades) were armed with the new seven shot Spencer carbine. They belong to Reynold's Corps who's infantry were that night camped just six miles from Gettysburg.
What would you do to 'get those shoes'?
*The title is from John Buford addressing his troops on 30 June 1863. "....You will have to fight like the devil until supports arrive."
A wonderful read, and a sincere search for truth.......2006-03-28
Imagine, if you can, a book written by a modern historian that actually seeks the truth. Imagine a book written by a modern historian that is not slanted to promote his/her politics. Imagine a 20th century historian that does not even mention the sexuality (alternative or otherwise), of any historical figures in an entire book.
If you are looking for "the truth" at Gettysburg, "Stars In Their Courses" is for you. Shelby Foote is a fine author, and has written the book in a captivating manner that I highly esteem. Pick this book up and give it a try, one chapter should do the trick. You will have a good feeling afterward that you have learned something worthwhile about American History.
The Tragedy of Gettysburg.......2006-01-22
"Stars in Their Courses" is a superb narrative account of the Battle of Gettysburg, excerpted from Foote's three volume history of the Civil War. Shelby Foote, a novelist and a son of the South before becoming an historian, approaches the Gettysburg Campaign as a tragic human drama, the high tide of Confederate arms for General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the turning point of redemption for General George Meade's Army of the Potomac.
Foote's account of Gettysburg is absolutely gripping, full of the human details that make those events come alive for the student of the Civil War and the casual reader alike. Foote captures both the heroism of individuals and the sometimes blind blundering of large armies. Gettysburg is not Lee's finest hour; Foote's narrative may be fairly read to show that Lee's normally sure hand was absent over the three days of battle, allowing the Army of Northern Virginia to stumble into an unexpected battle. Lee's desire for a decisive victory and his underestimation of the long-suffering Army of the Potomac probably led him to persist in a clumsy and costly fight his army could not afford.
On the Union side, General Meade seems more driven than a driver of events, but his willingness to fight it out made possible the victory that his various valiant subordinates delivered. Meade's failure to vigorously follow up in the days after the battle probably cost the Union a chance to do much more damage to Lee's Army.
This book is highly recommended to the student of the Civil War and to the casual reader looking for a highly readable account of this critical battle.
Superb Account of the Gettysburg Campaign.......2005-02-06
Shelby Foote's monumental, three volume history of the American Civil War is widely recognized as one of the great works of the twentieth century. However, its great length - roughly three thousand pages - is undoubtedly intimidating to many readers. Fortunately, this 1994 Modern Library edition, Stars in Their Courses, the Gettysburg Campaign, circumvents this difficulty.
Stars in Their Courses is the middle chapter in the middle volume of Shelby Foote's remarkable history. This extract offers an easy way for a reader new to Shelby Foote to become acquainted with his masterpiece.
The editors of the Modern Library series should be commended for selecting this particular chapter. It is hard to imagine a better introduction to the Gettysburg Campaign. Stars in Their Courses is not only great history, it is great literature. Shelby Foote is an outstanding writer, one that happens, fortunately for us, to write history. In reviewing Foote's acclaimed historical narrative, one critic said, "It seems to me unlikely that it ever will be superseded."
Remarkably, Stars in Their Courses is entirely self-contained. A reader not familiar with Shelby Foote's writing would not realize that this Modern Library edition was actually a single chapter drawn from a much larger work. The reader has no need to reference any other sources.
Stars in Their Courses would make an excellent gift for that friend or family member that enjoys good literature, but heretofore has not developed an enthusiasm for the Civil War. The Modern Library edition is attractively bound, and printed on acid-free paper.
Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Killer Angels, would be a great companion gift to Stars in Their Courses. Shaara's focus is on specific participants in the three-day battle, especially Lee, Buford, Longstreet, Chamberlain, and Armistead. The Killer Angels was the basis for the epic movie, Gettysburg.
Customer Reviews:
Great Analysis on Why the Union Had the Edge at Gettysburg .......2005-03-06
One of the great controversies of Gettysburg, aside from pointing the finger at Longstreet, was why did the Confederates go blind through Pennsylvania and of course where was Stuart? Longacre gives a highly readable story of how the supremacy of the Confederate Cavalry crested before Gettysburg as the Union begin to have bolder leaders and more aggressive tactics and better mounts. Starting with Stuarts embarrassment at the shock like attack of Union Cavalry at Brandy Station, Longacre explains the difference evolutions of the Cavalry on each side and in detail you see how the Union became more like the Confederates and less like picket line guards in the past. Excellent story of how Stuart took all his top brigade commanders with him leaving Grumble Jones behind to screen Lee's army and with the little known Albert Jenkins virtually leading reconnaissance for Lee's march through Pennsylvania. To me, the best part of the book is about Stuart's misadventures and Lee's army groping its way almost blind through Pennsylvania running into Buford's cavalry equipped with spencer repeater rifles. Great detail on Stuart's final arrival and desperate attempt to ride behind the Union line to disrupt it during Pickett's charge only to be quashed by Custer's attack stopping Stuart completely. In addition, excellent detail on Farnsworth's suicide charge into Longstreet's right flank after Pickett's charge ordered by "Kilcavalry" Kilpatrick. There is also additional detail on the harassment of Lee's retreat by the Union cavalry and Stuarts tired efforts to hold his ground. Excellent book fills the void left by most all Gettysburg books.
An Essential Read for All Gettysburg Fans.......2004-07-29
Edward Longacre's _The Cavalry at Gettysburg_ continues to deserve an honored place at the top of the Gettysburg canon, which is saying a lot considering how much has been published on America's most written-about battle. This is one of Longacre's earliest books, but it still ranks as one of his best. The volume is exhaustively researched and well written. Longacre excels in his pithy character sketches of the opposing commanders, and his battle descriptions sometimes approach the poetic. This book sets the Battle of Gettysburg in a wider context, which helps us to better understand both what caused it and its outcome. Finally, Longacre ended up teaching me many things about a subject I thought I already knew a lot about.
A History of the Cavalry in the Gettysburg Campaign.......2004-03-04
Edward Longacre's book, "The Cavalry at Gettysburg" is a thorough, well-written study of the mounted arms of both the Union and Confederate armies during Lee's critical Pennsylvania campaign of June 9 -- July 14, 1863. This campaign culminated in the Battle of Gettysburg. As is well known, Jeb Stuart had embarked on a ride-around of the Union army beginning on June 24. He did not rejoin General Lee until late on July 2, well into the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Longacre examines Stuart's ride and its impact in detail. But he offers as well a comphrensive account of cavalry operations throughout the campaign. This is a subject that is sometimes overlooked, and it is good for those interested in the history of the Pennsylvania campaign to have the information gathered in one study.
An excellent feature of the book is the background Mr. Longacre gives on cavalry operations and on their development in both armies. Mr. Longacre also spends substantial time on the leaders of both the Confederate and Union cavalries -- during the time of this study Stuart for the South and Pleasanton for the North. He explains why the personal, hands-on dashing activities required in cavalry operations tended to attract flamboyant types of leaders.
Mr. Longacre describes well the different fighting styles of the Southern and Northern mounted arms and show too how the North gradually was able to turn its cavalry into an effective fighting force. He finds that the Union was well on its way to doing so by the Pennsylvania campaign, but he concludes that the Union cavalry still was not quite the equal of the Confederate unit during these summer months of 1863.
Mr. Longacre provides detailed discussions of the important and large-scale cavalry battle at Brandy Station, Virginia at the outset of the Pennsylvania campaign and follows it with accounts of engagements at Aldie and Middleburg as the Confederate infantry advanced. There is a good account of the backround of Stuart's ride-around, with Mr. Longacre less critical of Stuart than many other writers. He examines the battles between Stuart and the Union cavalry, particularly at Hanover, before Stuart finally rejoined General Lee on July 2.
The Union cavalry gets even-handed attention. Mr. Longacre offers excellent accounts of Burford's role in delaying the Confederate advance on the first day of the Battle and the significant fighting of Union General David Gregg against the Stonewall Brigade on the evening of July 2. This fighting greatly weakened the Confederate force which attacked Culp's Hill on the far right of the Union line, perhaps saving it from capture.
Mr Longacre offers a detailed account of the sometimes forgotten fighting at the east cavalry battlefield, some 4 miles east of Gettysburg on July 3. This was an important engagement in its own right and included some of the fiercest fighting of the Battle.
The book concludes with an extended discussion of the role of the cavalries following Lee's retreat from Gettysburg. Stuart in particular played an important role in allowing the Confederate army to escape accross the Potomac and various components of the Union cavalry distinguished themselves in pursuit.
This book is a technical study and presupposes a high level of backround and interest in the military history of the Civil War and of the Battle of Gettysburg. But it tells its story well and carefully. More maps would have been welcome.
An Exciting Look at the Mounted Units at Gettysburg-jaslfms.......2003-05-04
I am a middle school student who had to read a Civil War book for History class. The Cavalry at Gettysburg was an okay book unless you are a history buff. It did give a pretty elaborate picture of each mounted Civil War hero and their march to Pennsylvania and the fight for Gettysburg. The book has a lot of people and they are all explained in the first chapter. The problem is that you have to remember them throughout the whole book. Also there were a lot of words I didn't know and had to look them up numerous times.
My favorite chapter was Gettysburg, 2 July. It is filled with interesting quotes and facts as day two of the Battle of Gettysburg goes on. Mr. Longacre does a pretty good job throughout the whole book but this chapter especially.
Although some pages were a challenge, The Cavalry at Gettysburg had a strong backbone and a lot interesting facts. It was a well-written book and might have been more interesting if I was a Civil War buff. Mr. Longacre has written a swell book that actually took me to the Battle of Gettysburg. It was a good book to read!
The Cavalry at Gettysburg.......2002-12-12
The Cavalry at Gettysburg is an interesting study of the cavalry on both sides during the Gettysburg campaign. I'd recommend reading it in conjunction with Lee's Cavalrymen, Longacre's latest book.
Longacre gives a good picture of the various roles of mid-19th century cavalry, compares/contrasts ANV and AOP cavalry, and criticizes the current tactics of mounted assault. As in his later work, he opines that Confederates often didn't like to fight with sabers, and I still wish he would provide more documentary evidence for that. His point regarding the difficulties of poorly armed troopers who could either fight only on foot or only mounted, is well taken.
The description of the campaign itself starts with Brandy Station, goes through Aldie, Middleburg and Upperville, and then follows the various cavalry units as they traveled north. The fighting behind the Union right on July 3 gets a lot of time, as does the desperate rearguard action after the battle.
Longacre generally feels that CS cavalry retained the advantage throughout the campaign, for which he more or less blames Federal leadership. He effectively demolishes the argument that Stuart was not following orders or was "joy-riding" during the march into Pennsylvania, and speaks harshly of the performances of Robertson and Jenkins. He goes on to suggest that Federal tactical flexibility would serve them well in upcoming campaigns.
This is a detailed and useful study, made vivid by the use of a fair number of quotes.
Customer Reviews:
A good place to start..........2005-12-15
n preparation for a recent trip to Gettysburg, I read a number of books about this historic battle. While many were more expansive and more comprehensive, I can't think of a better place to start than The Gettysburg Campaign: June and July 1863 by Albert A. Nofi. Most of the more detailed books assume that you know the basics. As a person unfamiliar with any aspect of the military, The Gettysburg Campaign provided a lot of needed background.
Nofi breaks down the armies to explain the difference between the militia, regulars, volunteers and state troops. It was possible for a soldier to belong to more than one of these groups and to hold different ranks in each. He gives "mini-lessons" on small arms, infantry weapons and tactics, the calvary, how to load a musket, who fired the first shot, and the principal battles and skirmishes. He breaks the three day battle into one day segments, explaining what happened and who won. He provides easy to read maps and diagrams of troop movements and battles, including one of the best diagrams of Pickett's Charge that I've ever seen. He also tries to answer some key questions including what happened to J.E.B. Stuart, which side had the best generals, and where was Pickett during Pickett's Charge. The Gettysburg Campaign comes complete with a color portfolio of paintings from the battle. And at the end, Nofi provides the reader with several pages of resources for the "interested layman" that includes books, journals, films, museums and Civil War interest groups.
Nofi tries to provide a human face to the battle by spotlighting a variety of soldiers and officers. He also relates the story of John Burns, the 70 year old Gettysburg resident who was the only civilian to join in the fighting. We also learn of the young Jennie Wade, the only civilian killed during the three days of fighting.
For all the good things that Nofi provides in The Gettysburg Campaign, there are some major omissions. First, he should have provided the reader with a breakdown of Union and Rebel armies including corps, divisions, regiments, companies, etc. With over 160,000 soldiers engaged at Gettysburg, a listing makes it easier to piece together the pieces of this complicated puzzle. Also, I think that any nonfiction book of this nature should include an index.
Despite some problems, The Gettysburg Campaign offers lots of good information to a novice, and I'm sorry that I didn't start with this book.
Great Book!!.......2004-08-10
Ya I just read this book a couple days ago and i couldnt put it down its a nice book for someone who is just starting to get into the civil war exspecially Gettysburg. I just went to Gettysburg for my first time and then read the book after and it did a good job putting everything in perspective for me. It doesnt give too many details so it makes it very easy to read and understand. I reccomend this book to anyone but mostly people who are just getting interested in the campaign. Definately worth the 5 stars!!
a valuable, easy to read introduction to Gettysburg.......1999-04-03
This book is a very good introduction to those who want to learn a little about the battle of gettysburg. Written in an easy to read style,it covers just enough detail to whet your appetite for more, or give you confidence to talk a little on the subject: there are 20 or so short digressions intersersed throughout the text which provide a little more biographical detail on key participants, or information about notable incidents. Recommended .
A must for any Civil War buff.......1997-11-02
A wholly satisfying and occasionally inspired account of one of the pivotal events in American history. Veteran military historian Al Nofi constructs a clear, thoughtful narrative of the entire campaign (concentrating, of course, on the three days of the battle itself). Solidly researched, and the orders of battle are noteworthy for their detail. Also of especial interest are the modules interspersed throughout the book, dealing with individual figures and interesting sidelights (including a speculation on what the battlefield must have smelled like after three days of carnage and camping out!). Nofi's assessments of individual commanders are almost always judicious, although he's rather more charitable to Dan Sickles than most historians. All in all, this is an essential addition to any Civil War historian's bookshelf.
A terrific little book.......1997-09-04
Want to learn what took place at Gettysburg? Get your hands on this little gem, you won't be dissapointed. Well researched and put together, it contains several footnotes detailing the battle, the Generals, and the soldiers. A must read
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- Excellent, balanced study of the cavalry at Gettysburg
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The Cavalry at Gettysburg: A Tactical Study of Mounted Operations During the Civil War's Pivotal Campaign, June 9-July 14, 1863
Edward G. Longacre
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Excellent, balanced study of the cavalry at Gettysburg.......1999-12-29
This book was one of my best Christmas presents. It challenges the long established view that the Gettysburg campaign was a clearcut success for the Union horsemen. Indeed, given their advantages in supplies, weapons, numbers, horseflesh, and fighting on home ground, it is a surprise the Rebs did not do worse. It also shows that many of Stuart's command decisions were correct, since they are often overshadowed by his gargantuan failure of leaving Lee in the dark as to the movements of the Federal army. However, what I found most helpful about this book was its emphasis not just on the fighting around Gettysburg, but the cavalry battles that occured during the advance and retreat of the Confederate army. All in all, a great book that deals eloquently and concisely with its subject.
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