The American Civil War: Extracts from BBC Radio 4's 'America, Empire of Liberty'

by David Reynolds

Ten episodes from David Reynolds' award-winning radio series, which trace the history of the American Civil War. This narrative tells the story of the American Civil War through the voices of those who lived it. Written and presented by acclaimed historian David Reynolds, these extracts come from the series America: Empire of Liberty, which won the Voice of the Listener & Viewer Award for the Best New Radio Programme and was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award. The 10 episodes included are: 'The Ninety-Day War,' 'The Killers Take Command,' 'Forever Free,' 'A New Nation,' 'War Behind the Battle Lines,' 'The Passing of the Dead,' 'Dead States, New Birth,' 'Reunion but not Reconstruction,' 'New South, Old Ways,' and 'War and Memory.'

1 CDs, 130 minutes

Genres: American History, Audiobook, History

1 pages, Audio CD

First published May 31, 2011

About the author

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A Professor of International History and a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was awarded a scholarship to study at Dulwich College, then Cambridge and Harvard universities. He has held visiting posts at Harvard, Nebraska and Oklahoma, as well as at Nihon University in Tokyo and Sciences Po in Paris. He was awarded the Wolfson History Prize, 2004, and elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005. He teaches and lectures both undergraduates and postgraduates at Cambridge University, specialising in the two world wars and the Cold War. Since October 2013 he has been Chairman of the History Faculty at Cambridge.

Reviews

[Lena Palaniyappan]

Contrasting anecdotes on Lincoln may interest those (like me) are new to civil war history

[Chandler]

This was a nice, quick little sample of the radio show clips that I found at my local library. It was definitely interesting and well read, and it explored many tenants of the Civil War fairly well. Also, it was fun to experience the Civil War from an outsiders perspective (aka the UK).

Would I go out and buy this? Probably not. But I would investigate where and/or how much the radio program would cost to view. This book has peaked my interest.