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Hi. I'd like to know more about the American Civil War.
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Hi.
I'd like to know more about the American Civil War. Is there a book or a documentary that you would recommend ?
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>>28317864
the war could've been over very quickly if Mcclellan wasn't such a bitch.

Yankees gargle cock and use a biproduct to lord over the south.

pretty much it
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>>28317870
Wars are as much /k/ as they are /his/.
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>>28317864
The Civil War series of videos by Ken Burns is a great place to start.
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>>28317864

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TE8MgqRzr0
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There's James McPherson's book for 8€ On Kindle.

Is it good ?
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>>28317878
>the war could've been over very quickly if Mcclellan wasn't such a bitch.

People loved him for that, though. Remember that everyone back then thought that the war was just a big bluff to stave off abolition.
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Killing Lincoln is breddy gud. Not at all what I was expecting from Bill O'Reilly.
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>>28318136
>trusting a TV celebrity to teach history
You're retarded; that's like trusting Will Smith to write a book on nuclear physics.
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>>28317890
Yes but they would know more.plus you could pick up any middle school history book,or google the fucking thing.its not some obscure war.
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>>28317864

Ken Burns. His Civil War documentary is so legend it has powerpoint transitions named after it.
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>>28318719

Yeah, this so much. It's THE civil war documentary, totally worth a watch.
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>>28317864
https://kat.cr/the-civil-war-a-visual-history-eng-pdf-wapo-t11064466.html
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Literally one of the most boring wars in history.
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Ken Burns' 1990 documentary is the go-to gold standard for basic introduction.

If you want to read instead of just watch, try Shelby Foote's 3 volume narrative history of the Civil War--he's featured in Burns' film

If you want to read a novel that does a breddy gud job explaining Gettysburgh, try Simon Schama's The Killer Angels
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>>28318719

This f@m, anons know their shit.
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Oblig.
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>>28318594
Bitch he co-wrote it with a real historian, and it's accessible enough to interest a noob.
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>>28320077
The last scene in that documentary where they read the passage from Sgt. Barry Benson's journal is one of the most moving in all of cinema for me especially after watching the whole series. I honestly teared up.
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>>28317897
Good job anon. I was about to post this. Also I'd recommend he reads Shelby foote's books on the matter.
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just watch Glory
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