As a Georgian, I have always felt I have an obligation to truly understand, remember, and appreciate the past for how it is. I choose read this book after buying it maybe five years ago when the confederate flag (and monuments) was such a major issue (at least in the south) in the news. I talk about the details in my Vlog (see above), but I do want to summarize it here. The result is a complete picture of the United States at that time and an depth analysis of the time. Then, he kept the narrative grounded by tying the battles to the greater picture at large. I still loved the book because so much time is taken to explore the societal and political changes that lead to the war. It is only reasonable that as a piece of the story. McPherson earns the praise, however, as this is amazingly structured and written book.įor me, the biggest flaw was focus on the finer battles throughout the war, but this is a narrative of the Civil War. Even ignoring the size, this Pulitzer Prize winner is the 6th in the Oxford History of the United States, and it isn’t hard to imagine all the ways this kind of story could be told in a dull and disengaged manner. I recognize how easy it is to approach this book with a little bit of trepidation. The book was fascinating, engaging, and unbelievably informative. Coming in at just under 900 pages, it is a massive, one volume outline of the Civil War. The Battle Cry of Freedom is a nonfiction book by James M.
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