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    <body><![CDATA[I was visiting Gettysburg the weekend I started reading this book and brought the book along as my textbook.  I've read other books about Gettysburg, but I understand this is an especially good overview of the battle.  During the weekend I was in Gettysburg, I got to see the monument that commemorat...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22062501">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The greatest of all Civil War campaigns, Gettysburg was the turning point of the turning point in our nation's history.  Volumes have been written about this momentous three-day battle, but recent histories have tended to focus on the particulars rather than the big picture: on the generals or on single days of battle even on single charges or on the daily lives of the soldiers.  In Gettysburg Sears tells the whole story in a single volume.  From the first gleam in Lee's eye to the last Rebel hightailing it back across the Potomac, every moment of the battle is brought to life with the vivid narrative skill and impeccable scholarship that has made Stephen Sears's other histories so successful.  Based on years of research, this is the first book in a generation that brings everything together, sorts it all out, makes informed judgments, and takes stands.  Even the most knowledgeable of Civil War buffs will find fascinating new material and new interpretations, and Sears's famously accessible style will make the book just as appealing to the general reader.  In short, this is the one book on Gettysburg that anyone interested in the Civil War should own.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[An exhaustive but not exhausting tome on the battle of Gettysburg.  Sears does a great job of covering every last bit of the battle in depth.  He includes the lead up to the battle, with Lee's initial discussions with Jefferson Davis about invading Pennsylvania and the fallout from Chancellorsville ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59681958">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you are fascinated by civil war history and enjoy a well researched history book than you should give Stephen Sears a try.  I read this book last year in expectation of a trip to the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.  It was a slow read for me but one well worth the time.  I found myself re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52366648">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Faulted Sears's Chancellorsville for spending too much time locating every bullet that was ever fired. Then my National park ranger and old room mate took me on a trip through Fredricksburg, Marys Heights, and on to Chancellorship where he forced marched us along Stonewall Jackson's flanking maneuve...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81582957">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The word 'meticulous' was invented for this book.  The sheer detail is amazing, and it has a positive and a negative effect.<br/><br/>First the negatives: at some points it reads like a college textbook, especially in the opening few chapters when it is listing the various corps and their commande...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6646961">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very well researched book on the 3 day battle.  It took me a long time to read because of the extraordinary amount of information presented, which can be both a blessing and a curse with historical texts.  But, hey, you read a historian, you get a historians view.  The Killer Angels by Sh...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43970359">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My first book that I have read by Stephen Sears, and I wish I hadn't waited this long.<br/>If you enjoy reading about the civil war like I do, then you will enjoy this, yet another perspective of this amazing battle.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliant, should be read after the &quot;The Killer Angels.&quot; This book replaces the emotion of the latter with the factual details of the overall execution of these horrific days.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[May be the best of the many Gettysburg books.  The author captures the human experience as well as explaining the military tatics.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The high-water mark of the Confederacy, and one of the crucial battles that determined American and world history.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: The Union wins the battle on the third day, but Meade doesn't follow the insane traitor Lee to the river to destroy his army and end the war, and Lincoln is despondent. (More spoiler alert: Lincoln gets SHOT three years later! Dead!)]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[For anyone who wants to learn about a pivitol point in our nation's history this is a book not to miss.  The insights into the what happens away from the battlefield are what makes this book a good read.  Even if you know the battle this book allows you to see inside the minds of the men who struggl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20425511">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If you're interested in an upclose narrative of the battle at Gettysburg, this is your book.  The author is very well researched and gives so much detail in some instances that the book gets a little boring in those instances, but that's not exactly a negative reason for a book being boring...try it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34571511">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Fantastic and well planned and studied description of the Civil War's pivotal battle.  Nearly every angle is covered, but Sears seem to have a larger interest in the Union side which becomes apparent early on.  However he is a well studied scholar and excellent writer. I will for sure be reading mor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1143682">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Excellent study of the Gettysburg campaign. Compelling insights in to the thoughts and action of the commanders officers and enlisted men of both the North and the South.The most interesting aspect of the book was the total disconect between Lee and his generals.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Stephen W. Sears has delivered a masterwork in Gettysburg, his single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original source material, from soldiers' letters to the Official Records of the war, Sears offers dramatic and informed accounts of every aspect of the campaign, from well-hewn portraits of the battle's leaders to detailed analyses of their strategies and tactics. Sears depicts General Meade's remarkable performance in his first week of army command and pinpoints General Lee's responsibility in the agonizing failure of the Confederate army. With characteristic style and insight, Sears brings the epic tale of the battle in Pennsylvania vividly to life.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Pretty good but I think Chacellorsville and Landscape Turned Red are better Stephen Sears books, and Coddington (1968) is better on Gettysburg.  WHen looking for a book on this battle, though, much depends on what the reader is looking for, though.]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Stephen W. Sears has delivered a masterwork in Gettysburg, his single-volume history of the Civil War's greatest campaign. Drawing on original source material, from soldiers' letters to the Official Records of the war, Sears offers dramatic and informed accounts of every aspect of the campaign, from well-hewn portraits of the battle's leaders to detailed analyses of their strategies and tactics. Sears depicts General Meade's remarkable performance in his first week of army command and pinpoints General Lee's responsibility in the agonizing failure of the Confederate army. With characteristic style and insight, Sears brings the epic tale of the battle in Pennsylvania vividly to life.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Out of all the many, many books I've read about the battle, this is one of the most clear and concise. Very easy to read and quite a treat. I'd recommend this to anyone with even a small amount of interest.]]></body>
    
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