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Myths of the Civil War
- The Fact, Fiction, and Science behind the Civil War’s Most-Told Stories
Engelsk Hardback
Myths of the Civil War
- The Fact, Fiction, and Science behind the Civil War’s Most-Told Stories
Engelsk Hardback

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In the spirit of Robert Adair’s cult classic The Physics of Baseball, here is a book that tackles the long-cherished myths of Civil War history—and ultimately shatters them, based on physics and mathematics. At what range was a Civil War sniper lethal? Did bullets ever “rain like hail”? Could one ever step across a battlefield by stepping only on bodies and never hard ground? How effective were Civil War muskets and rifles? How accurate are photographs and paintings?

In this genre-bending work of history, Scott Hippensteel puts the tropes of Civil War history under the microscope and says, “Wait a minute!” Combining science and history, Hippensteel reexamines much that we hold dear about the Civil War and convincingly argues that memoirs and histories have gotten it wrong.

This is a work of history and science for our era of “fake news”—and for well beyond. Readers will never look at the Civil War the same way again.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9780811739979
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
081173997X
Udg. Dato:
15 jan 2022
Længde:
22mm
Bredde:
237mm
Højde:
159mm
Forlag:
Stackpole Books
Oplagsdato:
15 jan 2022
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