The Upper South―Arkansas; Tennessee; Kentucky; and Virginia―was the scene of the most destructive war ever fought on American soil. Contending armies swept across the region from the outset of the Civil War until its end; marking their passage at Pea Ridge; Shiloh; Perryville; and Manassas. Alongside this much-studied conflict; the Confederacy also waged an irregular war; based on nineteenth-century principles of unconventional warfare. In The Uncivil War; Robert R. Mackey outlines the Southern strategy of waging war across an entire region; measures the Northern response; and explains the outcome. Complex military issues shaped both the Confederate irregular war and the Union response. Through detailed accounts of Rebel guerrilla; partisan; and raider activities; Mackey strips away romanticized notions of how the “shadow war†was fought; proving instead that irregular warfare was an integral part of Confederate strategy.
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Review
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy OLAF JAIME RIVERONGreat book and seller7 of 15 people found the following review helpful. This book is not for everyoneBy SundownI took Dr. Sandstrom's Anthropology class; and had to read his book as part of the course. It is not an easy read. One or two pages seemed to take forever; and the information is dry and very systamatic. We also had to read the Forest People by Collin Turnbull; which is an excelent book about African Pygmies. Dr. Sandstrom should have taken some insight from Turnbull's work and used it. However; his work is informative; and provides a good overview of Indian life in Mexico; its history and the changes that have taken place in the last century. I would not have read this book unless I was doing a study of Mexican Indians. Dr. Sandstrom is an excelent story teller; and it was disapointing that this didn't come through in his work. The book as a few good parts; but the reader has to slog through a lot of boring facts and figures to find them.
