
Here's the blurb on the back cover:
Concise, authoritative, and highly readable, this history of military operations in the American Civil War examines campaigns and changing practices in relation to Western warfare. Beginning with American military policy and the development of a professional officer corps in the early nineteenth century, the narrative carries the reader through each year of the Civil War, showing how the war moved ever closer to total warfare involving civilians as well as soldiers. Throughout, the text is supported by a wealth of photographs and maps.
Contents in Brief
Chapter 1. American Military Policy, 1783-1860: The Beginnings of Professionalism
Chapter 2. The Civil War, 1861-1862: The Lethal Face of Battle
Chapter 3. The Civil War, 1862: Ending the Limited War
Chapter 4. The Civil War, 1863: Moving Democracies Toward Total War
Chapter 5. The Civil War, 1864-1865: Total War
You can order this book from Houghton Mifflin. The ISBN is 0-669-41680-0.