Rafuse (US Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth) presents a sampling of scholarship on Civil War military history in the form of 29 papers previously published in such academic publications as Civil War History, Journal of Southern History, and Journal of Military History between 1970 and 2003. The selected papers discuss the military roles of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis; social dynamics, religious beliefs, and training of soldiers; the Civil War as an example of total war; issues of military organization and intelligence; the roles of individual commanders; naval affairs; examples of guerilla tactics; and Civil War historiography. Annotation #169;2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.