Synopses & Reviews
-- Features uniforms, weapons, and tactics
-- Illustrates life in battle arid camp with archival and full-color reenactment photos
What was it really like to be a soldier in the American Civil War or at the Normandy landings, or to be a German submariner in World War II? The Soldier's/Sailor's Story series describes in words and pictures the way that the ordinary soldier or sailor lived, fought, and died in different battles and conflicts. Using archival and reenactment photographs and contemporary accounts in official documents, letters, diaries, and reportage, these books portray what it was like for ordinary humans to be thrust into battle under the most extreme conditions they had ever had to face.
The American Civil War: The Soldier's Story explores the life of the common soldier. From recruitment and training, to handling weapons, donning a uniform, and marching off to battle, all aspects of the soldier's life are examined.
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This extensively illustrated book confronts the reader with the physical and mental state of the common solider during the Civil War.
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The American Civil War was a particularly poignant conflict, with countryman fighting countryman and sometimes brother against brother, giving a cruel twist to the usually heightened motions of wartime. The narrative of THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR: THE SOLDIER'S STORY is provided by the voices of ordinary fighting men, starting with their enlistment and moving on to their training, their entry into battle, and their final cease-fire or death. The text is lavishly illustrated with archival photographs, many never before published, that provide a unique view of the way the war was fought. This beautifully produced book, a tribute in words and pictures, confronts the reader with the physical and mental state of the common soldier.