# The US Civil War Books of Stephen Sears

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 8, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-civil-war-books-of-stephen-sears/917615 "2020-08-08T23:07:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-civil-war-books-of-stephen-sears/917615/1 "2020-08-08T23:07:44Z")

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I’ve been reading an American history book as well as watching Great Courses lectures on the Civil War. Amazon shows some decently priced books with good reviews by Stephen Sears. Anyone read them? Opinions? I know everything with the Civil War is likely to be a hot button issue. I’d prefer books written from an academic neutral point of view.

If not Sears, what are your recommendations for books in print or else easily available used or at the library?

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-us-civil-war-books-of-stephen-sears/917615/2 "2020-08-09T05:48:29Z")

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The only one of his I’ve read is _Gettysburg_. I thoroughly enjoyed it.