Book Review: The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

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In this paper Shaara's fictional history novel, "The Killer Angels", provides a unique and unbiased view of the Battle of Gettysburg. In this manner, the tenants of spying, chivalry, and the strange loyalty of friendships between soldiers in both armies give a humanist bent in Shaara's point of view. The paper examines how the issues of friendship and the tenants of loyalty and family are discussed, as in many histories, but how Shaara provides a two-fold representation of both sides of the battle.

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"This book review will analyze Michael Shaara's perceptions of the Civil War in The Killer Angels, which he presents through the various battles and military episodes in the war. The Battle of Gettysburg is the central battle covered in the book over a three-day period. Although Shaara presents fictional account as to how the main players of this battle reacted and behaved, he presents an important and non-biased view of the battle as fight for Gettysburg unfolds between the Confederacy and the Union. The plot of Shaara's historical novel informs the reader on the three days that make up what is now known as the Battle of Gettysburg. The various viewpoints of the generals that take part in the battle relates to the way and manner in which the battle was fought. Shaara tells the story of how both armies accidentally discovered each other.."

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