Frank E. Vandiver, Author Texas A&M University Press $27.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-89096-523-8
Although this fast-paced history of the American Civil War offers no new facts or insights, it is a first-rate synopsis of the conflict. Vandiver's ( Black Jack ) discussion of the different tasks facing Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis (national
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Frank E. Vandiver, Author Texas A&M University Press $29.95 (432p) ISBN 978-0-89096-747-8
Vandiver considers this book more biography than anything else. As in his previous biographies, of Stonewall Jackson and John J. Pershing, Vandiver, a military historian at Texas A&M University, tries to identify with his subject to an unusual...
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Frank E. Vandiver, Author Broadway Books $26.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7679-0685-2
From Hitler's invasion of Poland to the Nuremburg trials, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About World War II sketches each step of the combat in an easy-to-read, chronological overview that includes 124 b&w photos. The six chapters one for each...
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