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Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson — WisdomDeck honest review

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Battle Cry of Freedom

by James M. McPherson

The single-volume Civil War: causes, politics, battles, emancipation, in nine hundred readable pages. Pulitzer winner and standard.

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you want one book on the Civil War.

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you want a short primer.

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Three things you will actually use

Causes were slavery.
Contingency shaped outcomes.
Know the whole war.

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Read the chapters on 1861 and on emancipation.

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McPherson's Civil War.

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