Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "in
The secret war for the Union : the untold story of military intelligence in the Civil War
β Scribed by Fishel, Edwin C., author
- Publisher
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xiv, 734 pages : 24 cm
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