The American Civil War: The Emergence of Total Warfare

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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.

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