The smell of battle, the taste of siege [electronic resource] : a sensory history of the Civil War / Mark M. Smith.

"Historical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, The Taste of Sieg...

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Main Author: Smith, Mark M. (Mark Michael), 1968-
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015.
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The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War
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The smell of battle, the taste of siege : a sensory history of the Civil War

Authors: Smith, Mark M. (Mark Michael), 1968-
Published: Oxford University Press, 2015
Physical Description: xii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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