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  <title><![CDATA[Gettysburg]]></title>
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  <default_description>The Battle of Gettysburg has become the great &quot;what if&quot; of American history. Gettysburg unfolds an alternate path and creates for General Robert E. Lee the victory he might have won. Full of dramatic battle scenes, military strategy, and captivating period details, Gettysburg stands as a remarkable entry in the pantheon of Civil War literature and as a vivid novel of the realities of war.The year is 1863, and General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia are poised to attack the North and claim the victory that could end the brutal conflict. Launching his men into a vast sweeping operation, General Lee, acting as he did at Chancellorsville, Second Manassas, and Antietam, displays the audacity of old. He knows he has but one more good chance to gain ultimate victory. Now Lee's lieutenants and the men in the ranks, imbued with this renewed spirit of the offensive, embark on the Gettysburg Campaign that many dream &quot;should have been&quot;....</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[William R. Forstchen]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Not a bad read. Any one whos a military history buff has probably looked at this battle and wondered what was going on in Lee's mind. He'd shown himself to ba a master tactician over and over winning battles against overwhelming odds. He'd demonstrated the folly of an infantry charge against entrenc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77722592">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This historical novel accents well well how the Union's victory over the Confederacy at Gettysburg was razor thin.  Of all the novels and histories I have read concerning the conflict, this view takes you into the psyche of the participants; the commanders and the soldiers.<br/><br/>This is a star...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68486985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would recommend it mostly with the caveat that the book was written with an extreme bias that is all to common from authors writing of military matters without military experience.  That problem is simplification . . . everyone in any of the battles is giving everything they have, including life a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70807018">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48685154">
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely action-packed but I had a hard time getting through it knowing it is a &quot;what-if&quot; idea of how Gettysburg could have been won by the Confederacy.  Because Gingrich and Forstchen did write this so well with &quot;memorable observations on the ways of war and vivid, technically accu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48685154">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[First book in the trilogy.  Terrific fictional account of the &quot;what ifs&quot; had Robert E. Lee chosen to follow General Longstreet's advise to break off the Gettysburg engagement during/after the first day's fight and reposition to move on Washington, DC. Characters are real. Authors' knowledg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49961060">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent alternative-history of that part of the Civil War from Gettysburg to end of war. This is book 1 of a trilogy, and gives an emotionally-charged account of both historical and fictional characters. Except for the fictional characters, every historical person &amp; event is faithful to true histo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49360709">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent alternate history of the pivotal battle of the Civil War. Fabulous treatment that does a great job of debunking the &quot;if only, the war would've been over and the South would've won immediately&quot; discussions that sometimes are heard here in the Southeast.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not a fan of Newt Gingrich, but he is an excellent author. If you are a Civil War fan you will appreciate the detail in this alternate history novel. He tweeks the battle, but keeps an amazing amount of the story based on what really happened.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After a strong beginning, &quot;Gettysburg&quot; gradually goes under from affected, amateurish writing and scattered storytelling.  A disappointing book to read after &quot;The Killer Angels&quot; by Shaara (excellent historical novel!).  The one thing that really bugged me was the use of the phras...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37508149">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy reading this book because it mostly discuss the conflict between certain events happening. As civil war rages upon both sides- Union and Confederate, I was able to imagine how certain things and events took place.<br/><br/>Even the depiction and imagery of death and getting shot was...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6471538">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Fascinating depiction of how the Civil War was fought, at least around Gettysburg. It's really sad to remember as you read that the South didn't win this battle. Still a great read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting concept, the South wins at Gettysburg.  Some general knowledge of the battle and the war would be helpful to really enjoy this fascinating fiction.  We find out what might have happened if Gen. Lee would have 'gone to the right' instead of fighting at Gettysburg (a hotly contested dec...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32874229">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great account!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Part of a trilogy written by Newt Gingrich and William Forsten, this is one of the best &quot;what ifs&quot; novels written about this complex time. Lee, Grant, Lincoln and Judah Benjamin, among amny others, all come to life  as the reader appreciates their angst about this, the bloodiest of America...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11724897">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An amazing book, first of the trilogy.  It is alternate history...and poses the question what would have happened if the South had won at Gettysburg.  The first day of the battle follows what actually happened.  After that, everything changes.  <br/><br/>I could not put this book down.  It is well r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24677892">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting revisionist history concerning what would have happened if the Confederates had not launched a frontal assault at Gettysburg.  The authors' end conclusion is that it wouldn't have made any difference - the union's industrial might was simply too much for the agrarian South the counter...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31740001">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An alternate history of the Battle of Gettysburg.  Details what might have happened if Lee had listened to Longstreet and gone around the right, gotten behind the Union lines and cut the Army of the Potomac off from Washington. To quote Gen. Robert E. Lee; &quot;It is good that war is so terrible, l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29147644">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Tue Mar 25 10:02:51 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 16 17:08:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The concept behind this book was intriguing, but sadly the book did not deliver as I wanted it to.  It was very long-winded and had little plot other than very long drawn-out battle sequences.  I wanted more from it than I got.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Scotty]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Aug 10 02:20:29 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an &quot;alternate history&quot; but is well-written in a style very similar to &quot;The Killer Angels&quot; by Michael Shaara.  I recommend this to any Civil War history enthusiast, but suggest you read &quot;The Killer Angels&quot; first.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Stefie]]></name>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jul 22 23:16:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 22 23:17:58 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh my gosh, if I am going to read a book about the civil war, and learn about the stradegy and outcomes, at least make it real. Otherwise it is fantasy...the south wins...come on!]]></body>
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