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Old April 23rd, 2008, 12:36 PM   #483 (permalink)
derek
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Originally Posted by pulltheplug86 View Post
James McPherson's Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction.

It's for my college history class, but it is still an excellent book. I won't be selling back this book.
McPherson is pretty good. The Civil War is a difficult thing to study, I think, because so much of the literature is absolutely terrible.

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I have that and of course The Prince... my nickname on another board is Machiavelli ironically enough lol i love that name... guy was a pure genuis in his political thought... but anyways I'm currently reading
Insomuch as it can all be simmered down to inter-Kingdom dislikes of Italy during the period. Interesting, but perhaps short of genius.
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