Review:The civil war was a pivotal moment in american history and in the making of the country. McPherson's work esposes in a readable way the decisives facts of the ephoc and gives a fundamented account of its meaning. The author made an impressive research about the matter, telling the story with a slightly sympathy for the Union cause. A great book that leads to a great reading. Read more

Review:While dense with minutiae about politics and battles, this lengthy history of the pre-Civil War years through to Appomattox remains a vivid and engaging account of the inevitable deadly clash between an ambitious slaveholding South and a Union moving with the tides of world history toward freedom. To present a story to which we all know the ending as nevertheless an edge-of-your-seat tale of twists and turns requires a masterful historian and writer. That's exactly Mr. McPherson. Read more

Review:Not flawless, but a fantastic read.
If you love amazing airplanes, engineering generally, or if you work with Agile and Scrum in the software world, this book is a great perspective.
They were building airplanes with Scrum before anyone thought to give the methodology a name. Read more

Review:Outstanding on all counts. A finely detailed summary of all the decisions as to why Hitler lost the war. Plus the Japanese fiascos that gave us the upper hand early in the war. The atomic bomb was necessary but we would have won regardless. And I was just about to get drafted into the Pacific battles. Read more

Review:Well written, well researched, compelling book. The book made me care about both the families living today and their lost relatives. I never before thought of what families went through who lost someone that was MIA. The book touched my heart. Read more

Review:I needed this book for school and it was great because I got it a lot cheaper on here than I could've in the book store. The delivery was fast and the book in great condition. I recommend this seller to anyone. Read more

Review:Have been reading several books on the History of the Code Talkers and found this to be as informative as the others. Great book to read and very descriptive as to the Mission of the group. Very brave men to do what they did and proud of them for stepping up for their Country and giving their All. Read more

Review:Wow. Honestly I am not usually into magic, but the plot was so good. It was a little slow, but after about an hour it really picked up. The plot constantly had twist. Very well written. Another awesome box by Chris Fox. Read more

Review:Wonderful first hand account of what must have been done in the Pacific WW II theater. Thank you for both your willingness to serve our great nation and your willingness to document the historical account. Very respectfully yours, Jon of Collierville, TN. Read more

Review:Great, well told story that few know about.... and but disturbing on several levels.

The book was referred to me by a retired Air Force pilot. Once I started reading it, I read it in just a couple days.

Highly recommend it to those with an interest in WW II and the brutality of war... any war. Read more