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Gabor Boritt is the Robert Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the CivilWar Institute at Gettysburg College
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Ken Burns's The Civil War: Historians Respond (1996) — Bidragsgivare — 152 exemplar

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While Boritt covers everything surrounding Gettysburg from the height of the grass, bodies and how they were buried, slave and free activities, and more, he leaves out an in-depth analysis of the speech itself (or any analysis for that matter), which for me is a gross slight. His attention to everything surrounding the Battle, day of the speech, weather, and details galore miss the fact that he leaves out what I would consider the gospel of Gettysburg, which is big mistake plus the description of everything else tends to get tedious and dry.… (mer)
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revslick | Feb 14, 2015 |
Thought provoking collection of essays setting forth the various writers' opinion as to the myriad causes of why the confederacy lost, or why the union won, the civil war. The essays are written in a manner that will appeal both to a casual reader and more serious civil war fan.
 
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la2bkk | 1 annan recension | Jul 28, 2013 |
This is an informative book, but it really shows or highlights the difference in historians approaches and writing ability. By far the best and brightest spot is the piece done by Stephen Sears. Expect to find much of the information and quotes repeated.
 
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vtmom13 | Aug 7, 2012 |
Very useful for some of the essays, especially on LIncoln's assassination, debunking some of the conspiracy theories, especially about Stanton and about Mary Surratt --a forerunner to larer work on the guilt of Mary Surratt
 
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antiquary | 1 annan recension | Oct 6, 2010 |

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