Shades of Blue and Gray

Unique to books on the Civil War, this concise and informative introductory military history discusses how technological innovations changed the configuration of the battlefield and the very face of war. 27 photos. 4 maps.
With its penetrating analyses and masterly synthesis of current scholarship, this "wonderfully clear and concise" book gives readers "the best brief military history of the Civil War available" (George Rable, author of The Confederate Republic and Civil Wars). Black-and-white photographs; maps.