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At school, one is taught the names and dates of principal battles, kings, & generals up to the age of 12. Thereafter, history is treated in greater depth: social hierarchies, religions, resources, agrarian or industrial wealth, lifestyles, motivations for coups, wars, & movements of population, and broad strategies adopted by leaders. This particular history of the American civil war lies squarely in the former category: a lesson in the tactics and outcomes of the main 20, or so, battles of the war. Presented by Dale Reed, we are shown good maps of each battleground and the opposing forces. With Reed's voiceover, we watch large-scale reenactments involving infantry with Springield rifles, field artillary, and sometimes cavalry actions. Subsequently, academic military historians discuss the factors which led to victory, the opportunities missed, the sometimes flawed verdicts of popular history, and the consequences of the action for the campaign as a whole, for the (Southern) economy, and for the politicians in Washington & Richmond. Within its rather narrow scope, this is a very good factual documentary for younger people, though they may not be very tolerant of the poor picture quality of the reenactment footage. Nonetheless, it's extremely watchable, and I had no trouble completing the 3 DVDs inside a week.Vollständige Rezension lesen
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interesting and informative
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There are several different DVD boxed sets on the American Civil War. If like me, your're a real buff they all have something to offer. However, if you only intend to buy one series then go for the Ken Burns set instead - it is much better than this version. That doesn't mean to say that this set of DVds is not worth having. It is particularly strong on the causes of the Civil War and covers the individual battles in great detail.
This is realy bad! it gets boged down in detail of each battle whilst showing the same re-enactments over and over again which have no relavance to the naration, at the end, if you can bear to watch it all, you are left with very little idea of what happened in the war. One of the worst productions I have ever seen and I can not imagine how it won an award unless it was the only entry.
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