{"product_id":"myths-of-the-civil-war","title":"Myths of the Civil War","description":"In the spirit of Robert Adair’s cult classic The Physics of Baseball, here is a book that tackles the long-cherished myths of Civil War history—and ultimately shatters them, based on physics and mathematics. At what range was a Civil War sniper lethal? Did bullets ever “rain like hail”? Could one ever step across a battlefield by stepping only on bodies and never hard ground? How effective were Civil War muskets and rifles? How accurate are photographs and paintings?In this genre-bending work of history, Scott Hippensteel puts the tropes of Civil War history under the microscope and says, “Wait a minute!” Combining science and history, Hippensteel reexamines much that we hold dear about the Civil War and convincingly argues that memoirs and histories have gotten it wrong. This is a work of history and science for our era of “fake news”—and for well beyond. Readers will never look at the Civil War the same way again.","brand":"Stackpole Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57825028702543,"sku":"9780811739979","price":36.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0061\/0372\/8217\/files\/9780811739979_1-myths-of-the-civil-war.jpg?v=1780209771","url":"https:\/\/www.suomalainen.com\/products\/myths-of-the-civil-war","provider":"Suomalainen.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}