The Civil War
Exploring History One Week at a Time

Really enjoyed this great overview of the civil war. I have a much greater understanding of the fascinating history of our country. I particularly loved the excerpts from journals and the stories that personalized each interesting character. I have a better understanding of why so many Southerners......more

This is an excellent accounting of the Civil War arranged by topic, some of which included, unforgetable people, what-ifs, and struggles on the home front. Listening to this book certainly made our trip to Indiana much more enjoyable.......more

Provides an effective overview of the Civil War......more

This book had a very interesting set up. The authors took the Civil War and broke it up into a weekly and then daily break down of the war. They opened the book asking what caused the Civil War. They stated that "No one cause existed. Instead a complicated decades-long chain of events led to the vio......more

Our most deadly war, one that ripped our country apart and there is so much still to know and learn about it. The biggest lesson of course is that war is so useless and simply makes no sense, but we all know wars will always be part of man's existence. Lincoln and Grant were such generous men and th......more