The 10 Biggest Civil War Blunders, Edward H. Bonekemper III
The 10 Biggest Civil War Blunders, Edward H. Bonekemper III
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The 10 Biggest Civil War Blunders

Author: Edward H. Bonekemper III

Narrator: Peter Berkrot

Unabridged: 7 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/22/2018

Synopsis

What makes the Civil War so fascinating is that it presents an endless number of “what if” scenarios—moments when the outcome of the war (and therefore world history) hinged on a single small mistake or omission.In this book, Civil War historian Edward Bonekemper highlights the ten biggest Civil War blunders, focusing in on intimate moments of military indecision and inaction involving great generals like Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and William T. Sherman as well as less effective generals such as George B. McClellan, Benjamin Butler, and Henry W. Halleck. Bonekemper shows how these ten blunders significantly affected the outcome of the war, and explores how history might easily have been very different if these blunders were avoided.

About Edward H. Bonekemper III

Edward H. Bonekemper III, author of six Civil War books, is the former book review editor of Civil War News and a former adjunct lecturer in military history at Muhlenberg College. He earned a BA cum laude in American history from Muhlenberg College, an MA in American history from Old Dominion University, and a JD from Yale Law School. Bonekemper is a frequent speaker at Civil War Round Tables. He has been a guest speaker at the Smithsonian Institution ten times, the Chautauqua Institute, the Delta Queen, the Lincoln Group of Washington, and other prestigious organizations. He served as a federal government attorney-manager for over thirty-four years, including eleven years on active duty with the US Coast Guard. He is a retired commander, US Coast Guard Reserve.

About Peter Berkrot

Peter Berkrot, a forty-year veteran of stage and screen, has voiced over 450 audiobook titles, winning Earphones Awards, a 2012 Audie Award nomination, and a 2016 Audie Award.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ben on April 30, 2023

This was an interesting read. Probably 8 of the 10 I was already well aware of, but even those “blunders” gave a lot of background I had not heard before. It also did a good job of giving differing opinions on responsibility, blame, and/or who got blamed and maybe shouldn’t have. All interesting dis......more

Goodreads review by Penelope on November 09, 2019

I listened to the audiobook and expected it to be sort of superficial, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it gave clear and detailed information about the blunders of both sides. I hope to listen to it again to absorb more detail.......more

Goodreads review by Bill on January 04, 2021

An interesting read as Edward H. Bonekemper takes on the mistakes made during the war. He aims high attacking the leadership of both sides on particular issues, Davis and the South for their self imposed Embargo of cotton to Lincoln and his refusal to let Grant go after Mobile. He makes a compelling......more

Goodreads review by Steve on October 02, 2023

Bonekemper does a great job of analyzing critical errors made by both sides in the American Civil War. Readers might be surprised to learn of Grant’s and Sherman’s command failures in the final year of the war, and how their blunders extended the war by months and ended up costing needless Union cas......more

Goodreads review by Rochelle on September 03, 2018

An interesting read. Many of the blunders are ones we are all well acquainted with, some are not. Mr. Bonekemper's take on them and what should have been done are interesting, and it is sad that there will not be another book by Mr. Bonekemper as he passed not long after this book was published.......more

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