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Subject: Midwest Book Review: The Civil War Military Machine
Date: 17 Aug 1995 10:34:32 -0400

The Civil War Military Machine
Ian Drury & Tony Gibbons
Smithmark Publishers
Raritan Plaza III, Fieldcrest Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837
0-8317-1325-9   $24.98

The Civil War Military Machine explains how the battles of the Civil War
were fought -- how the armies and navies harnessed new technology and new
weapons in a conflict of unprecedented innovation. Readers will examine
the full range of military equipment used by the Union and Confederate
forces, from pistols to siege cannon and ironclad warships. The full range
of military equipment used in the first "modern war" is described and
illustrated including pistols, muskets and rifles, carbines, machine guns,
and field artillery. The battles include The Siege of Peterburg, The
Defenses of Nashville, Running the Forts at New Orleans, and The
Bombardment of Fort Pulaski. The Civil War Military Machine covers all of
the weapons, strategies, and fighting men that helped shape modern
American history. A significant contribution to Civil War studies.