![]() Our interview with Colonel Seidule focuses on the special challenges he and his team confronted in crafting this text, and the place of the Civil War in the American experience. Sunday on BookBreaks: Ty Seidule discusses his book 'Robert E. ![]() Lavishly illustrated and featuring well-conceived maps and graphs, The West Point History of the Civil War is served by a fully digitized version, optimized for use on tablet platforms. Thanks Ron Chernow for the awesome blurb on the cover. Ron ChernowIn a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier. Unlike most surveys, the new West Point History of the Civil War draws upon some of the best talent in the field of Civil War history, all called together to craft a synthetic text that not only forms the basis of the Military Academy's course on the subject, but also provides a very informative overview for the general public. Ty Seidule scorches us with the truth and rivets us with his fierce sense of moral urgency. Ty Seidule, a retired brigadier general and visiting professor of history at Hamilton College, explores this period in his memoir, Robert E. ![]() ![]() We're very fortunate to be joined by the editor of The West Point History of the Civil War (Simon and Schuster, 2014), the Head of the History Department at the United States Military Academy, Colonel Ty Seidule. ![]()
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