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Unsurpassed overview of the Civil War - [07 Dec 2008]
I have spent quite a bit of my learning time in the past two years focusing on the Civil War, wanting to get a better handle on the whole thing. I watched movies, read books, listened to books on tape, listened to college lectures, recorded and watched...
wanting to get a better handle on the whole thing. I watched movies, read books, listened...
www.amazon.com/review/R289NUP7SNICA...
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A Great History Lessons, But Lacks The Emotional Punch Of "The War" - [02 Nov 2008]
Ken Burns' epic documentary about the Civil War is perhaps the greatest and most all-encompassing history lesson of the North/South conflict that has ever been put on film or page. Not only is every important detail of the war covered (and in such a way...
history lesson of the North/South conflict that has ever been put on film or page. ...
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As good as it gets. - [04 Oct 2007]
This is another great documentary accredited to Ken Burns. Nicely done and extremely informative. I purchased this for my wife who loves it and has watched it several times over.
I purchased this for my wife who loves it and has watched it several times over.
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A true masterpiece, regardless of historical reservations! - [25 Aug 2007]
Regardless of historical reservations and allegations of bias from both North and South, I regard this work of Ken Burns as a true masterpiece. I bought my first set on VHS several years ago at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and played it through a dozen or...
regard this work of Ken Burns as a true masterpiece. I bought my first set on VHS several ...
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A true masterpiece, regardless of historical reservations! - [25 Aug 2007]
Regardless of historical reservations and allegations of bias from both North and South, I regard this work of Ken Burns as a true masterpiece. I bought my first set on VHS several years ago at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and played it through a dozen or...
regard this work of Ken Burns as a true masterpiece. I bought my first set on VHS several ...
www.amazon.com/review/R3AVPBLCH...
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Great piece of work; good start for beginning historians. - [26 Apr 2007]
This series is THE definitive documentary on the American Civil War - it's the first of it's kind in style and content and powerfully evocative of the spirit of the time. However, there are some inconsistencies which become apparent to the attentive viewer...
s kind in style and content and powerfully evocative of the spirit of the time. However, there...
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Great piece of work; good start for beginning historians. - [26 Apr 2007]
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Great but misleading - [04 Dec 2006]
Very entertaining, a masterpiece really. However, it perpetuates the myth that the abolition of slavery was at the heart of the war. So many facts run counter to this notion. For example, until well into the war, the North made it clear that it would ...
of slavery was at the heart of the war. So many facts run counter to this notion. For example...
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A great collection, drama and great narration, and some good history as well. - [28 Oct 2006]
I watched this series when it first came out in 1990 on PBS, and was mezmerized by it, also studing U.S history at that time and having read a rather large Civil War book for a class project as well. Now on weekends our PBS station has been reruning some...
studing U.S history at that time and having read a rather large Civil War book for a class...
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excellent introduction, but only as a starting point - [05 Jul 2006]
This is a superb film, combining the emotion evoked from images and selected narratives (wonderfully read by great actors) as well as some analysis by prominent scholars or writers. So far as it goes, Burns has exploited the attributes of the film medium...
read by great actors) as well as some analysis by prominent scholars or writers....
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