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Table of Contents:

• 1. Reflections on the Culture of War / Paul Fussell
• 2. "It's All Smoke and Dust and Noise": The Face of Battle at Gettysburg / D. Scott Hartwig
• 3. Effects of Battle: Wounds, Death, and Medical Care in the Civil War / Bruce A. Evans
• 4. "The Awful Shock and Rage of Battle": Rethinking the Meaning and Consequences of Combat in the Civil War / Eric T. Dean
• 5. Civil War History and the Myth of the Lost Cause: National Consequences of Civil War Battle / Alan T. Nolan
• 6. Numbers / Kent Gramm
• Afterword / Kent Gramm.

Contributors:

Gramm, Kent

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Subjects:

United States Army — Military life — History — 19th century

Confederate States of America Army — Military life

Battles — United States — History — 19th century

Combat — History — 19th century

Military art and science — United States — History — 19th century

Soldiers — United States — History — 19th century

Soldiers — Confederate States of America — History — 19th century

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Medical care

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Social aspects

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Psychological aspects

United States Army

Confederate States of America Army

American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)

1800-1899

Combat

Military art and science

Soldiers

Armed Forces — Military life

Medical care

Social aspects

Psychological aspects

Battles

United States — Confederate States of America

United States

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

xi, 147 pages ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

E607 .B38 2008

ISBNs:

9780817316228 (cloth, alk. paper)
0817316221 (cloth, alk. paper)
9780817380557 (electronic)
0817380558 (electronic)
9780817354824 (pbk., alk. paper)
0817354824 (pbk., alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2007045205

OCLC Numbers:

181424044