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The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the

The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War Trade paperback - 1996

by Fishel, Edwin C

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Most histories of the Civil War explain victory or defeat in terms of the skill of commanders, the fighting qualities of the troops, and resources in men and materials. Intelligence has been largely ignored because so little was known about it. Fishel's book is the first to examine in detail the impact of intelligence, and for virtually every campaign this intelligence explanation alters, sometimes radically, the historical picture.

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Boston, Massachusetts: Mariner Books, 1996. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. First printing. Pages toned, spine base bumped. 1996 Trade Paperback. xiv, 734 pp. Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published.
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  • Title The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence in the Civil War
  • Author Fishel, Edwin C
  • Binding Trade Paperback
  • Edition 1st Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 760
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Date 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2337780
  • ISBN 9780395901366 / 0395901367
  • Weight 2.3 lbs (1.04 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 1.5 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 3.81 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Chronological Period: 1851-1899
    • Topical: Civil War
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96012741
  • Dewey Decimal Code 973

Summary

Most histories of the Civil War explain victory and defeat in terms of the skill of commanders and their troops. Intelligence records disappeared after the war, and thus a critically important element has largely been ignored. Fishel has unearthed substantial collections of such records, and his "intelligence explanation" radically alters history's understanding of the campaigns. The Secret War for the Union is one of the most important Civil War works ever published.

First line

IT WOULD BE, DIFFICULT to imagine a nation entering a war more unprepared to obtain information about its enemy than the United States of 1861.

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Media reviews

"Breaks much new ground and desrves to reach a wide audience." The New York Times

"The first major study to present the war's campaigns from an intelligence perspective." Publishers Weekly

Citations

  • New York Times, 11/22/1998, Page 42

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