Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry and Transportation Won the Civil War [Hardcover]

Benjamin Bacon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 29, 1997

Details how the North was able to harness its technological, industrial, and transportation might and bring it to bear on the battlefield where it would bring victory.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Presidio Press; First edition (April 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891416269
• ISBN-13: 978-0891416265
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,089,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read., August 13, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry and Transportation Won the Civil War (Hardcover)

This is not a full scale study of logistics, but more a series of essays on strategy, men, and events of the Civil War, with technology given more weight than some other narratives.
Bacon has a firm and lucid grasp of strategy and tactics, and an admirably readable style which will be a pleasure to the non-specialist reader.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A minor book that fails the promise of its subtitle., August 9, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry and Transportation Won the Civil War (Hardcover)

The author often shows a nice turn of phrase or insight but this book falls far short of explaining the contributions of technology to the Civil War. Some topics are simply ignored like the telegraph and signal communications. Others are given short shrift. The significance of repeating rifles is restricted to a paragraph on Wilder's Brigade at Chickamauga. Bacon is let down by a miserable index. There are no entries under repeating rifle or Spencer for the that paragraph. Nor can one find Rifled cannon, Parrot or Rodman, submarine or torpedo. Virtually any of the 24 items in this book's bibliograpy would be a better choice

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title, juvenile in scope..., May 8, 2004

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Charles C. DiVincenti Jr. "Carlo" (Louisiana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sinews of War: How Technology, Industry and Transportation Won the Civil War (Hardcover)

Boy, that title sure sounded great! A collection of essays about select scenarios where "technology" was supposedly the key to the success of the respective participants. Actually, little is spent on any analysis of such, as much is merely a rehash of secondary sources. Perhaps of interest to a novice Civil War student, or a high school class, but as honest-to-God history, this text has little merit. No maps, no footnotes(!) and a tenth-grade term paper bibliography will assure me never to purchase anything by Mr. Bacon in the future.