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American Civil War

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The Civil War (1989), produced by Ken Burns for the Public Broadcasting System, is incomparable; it covers most of the war's aspects. Civil War Combat (1999), directed by Jim Lindsey and David DeVries for the Arts and Entertainment Television Networks, examines the war's major battles. Civil War Journal (1993), and Civil War Journal II (1994), produced by Greystone Communications, Inc., and the Arts and Entertainment Television Networks for the History Channel, is a broader look at the people and the events of the war. Lincoln (1992), directed by Peter W. Kunhardt, is the best look at the Union president; the Arts and Entertainment Television Networks produced fine single-volume treatments of many of the war's other personalities.


Warren W. Hassler, Jr.
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