Books by Williamson Murray, Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh, Mike Chamberlain

5. Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-Siang Hsieh, A Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War .  The best, clearest, and most instructive military history of the Civil War I have ever read; the pre-history summary of war origins is good too.  Someday I should write a full post on all the reasons why I find so many Civil War military history books unreadable, in the meantime this one hit a home run.  By the way, the two authors live in Fairfax, VA.