Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West

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Summary: A Model for Modern Military History
Review: This book is one of the best on a Civil War campaign to appear in many years. Beautifully organized and written, the volume takes the reader through a maze of complexities that have been clarified by the authors to an amazing extent. Anyone setting out to write a campaign history would be well advised to take a look at Shea's and Hess's work first. Anyone looking for a good read need look no further.

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Summary: Excellent on troop movements and positons
Review: This was one of the better books I've read that dealt with a single battle. The authors organized this somewhat unorganized battle in a way that was fairly easy to follow. The description of each armies campaigns before and after the battle helped made a great setting. Map illustrations were not the best. The authors strived for historical accuracy on an overlooked battle.