The Civil War Notebook: A Collection Of Little-known Facts And Other Odds-and-ends About The Civil War
By (Author) Albert Nofi
Hachette Books
Da Capo Press Inc
22nd December 1992
United States
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Stationery items
973.7
Paperback
158
Width 127mm, Height 203mm
An engaging collection of more than 500 startling facts, anecdotes and other small jottings about America's War Between the States. Arranged roughly in chronological order, with chapters for pre-war and post-war and the five war years, these items are not only amusing and entertaining, but give considerable insight into many of the key personalities of the war.
Albert A. Nofi has a Ph.D. in Military History from the City University of New York and was associate editor for many years of the ground-breaking military journal Strategy and Tactics. He was a founder of wargaming, the conflict simulation system used both by hobbyists and military planners. Dr. Nofi has written numerous books and articles on military history and was a news media military commentator during the Persian Gulf War. He is also the author of The Gettysburg Campaign and The Waterloo Campaign.