Abstract
"The Killer Angels" is a classic masterpiece by Michael Shaara highlighting the events that took place during the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg. The paper explores this unbiased view of the Civil war and examines its participants by unfolding the events with the help of viewpoints of the soldiers in the two armies. This is the first non-fictional account of the Civil war which offers deep insight into the lives of those who actually took part in one of the most significant event in history.

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"The novel "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara is a story depicting the courage and heroism of people involved in the Battle of Gettysburg that took place in 1863, and in the process proves to be lot more than a mere history lesson in Civil war. The novel makes an attempt to present the battle in an unprejudiced manner, and tries not to take sides when explaining the stance of the two armies on the subject of slavery. It is clearly a remarkable book and what makes it worth reading is the presence of real characters even if the author has taken liberty with the presentation of those army men. The characters have been brought to life and one gets to learn not only about the battle itself but also about the views and opinions of those who participated in it. The most interesting thing about the novel is its narration technique where the author has presented the story through the viewpoints of different army personnel, which gives it an authentic touch and makes the event all the more real."

Tags:narration, civil, war, american, history, north, south

Abstract
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.."

Tags:gettysburg, battle, war

Abstract
This paper examines Michael Shaara's 1974 Civil War novel, "The Killer Angels." The paper specifically analyzes, compares and contrasts four major historical Civil War characters, as they are described and depicted within Shaara's book: General Robert E. Lee, General James Longstreet, Colonel Joshua L. Chamberlain and General George Pickett. The paper describes how these characters caused the Battle of Gettysburg to turn out as it did thereby determining the outcome of the Civil War.

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"General George Pickett, of these four key characters, is the character with the most pathos. Having yearned for a long time to prove himself and his men in battle, Pickett is finally ordered by Longstreet to charge, at Gettysburg, through the center of the Confederate Army, the result of a poor tactical move that ends in bloody disaster for Pickett and his men. Pickett is also a sympathetic character, due not so much to his strengths as a general or a person, but rather, to his eccentricities, foibles, and weaknesses. Of all of Shaara's characters, in fact, Pickett often seems the most human and three dimensional. Pickett is no academic star like General Lee, and was in fact so busy socializing, and therefore not studying, that he finished last in his class at West Point. In terms of his personality, unlike either the staid Lee or the sullen Longstreet, Pickett is "lovable, long haired, perfumed" and full of "exuberance" (Shaara, The Killer Angels, p. xvii). He is 38 years old, only three years younger than Longstreet but a full eight years older than the Union's main, unlikely, Battle of Gettysburg hero, Joshua Chamberlain. Still, in Shaara's descriptions of him, Pickett has a lively boyishness of character about him that the other four key characters lack."

Tags:civil, confederate, union

Abstract
Through examination of the characters and events in Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels," this paper looks at the historical war at Gettysburg. The story is told through the eyes of the generals and the men who were at the battle. Both the Northern and Southern perspectives of the war are included.

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"Generals Robert E. Lee, Joshua Chamberlain, James Longstreet, and John Buford are the focus of Shaara's story, which discusses the feelings and innermost thoughts of each of the men. Rather than present his readers with the opinions of historians, Shaara shows them the letters, words and documents of each of these men during the three-day battle. The historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg expresses the general attitude toward war, opinions on the Civil War, and the reasons for fighting the Battle of Gettysburg."

Tags:civil, war, General, Robert, E., Lee, northern, and, southern, perspectives, slavery

Abstract
The famous battle of the American Civil War, Gettysburg, is the subject of Michael Shaara?s book, ?The Killer Angels?. This paper shows how Shaara guides the reader through three days of battle in which many American lives were lost. He portrays the war through the eyes of those who fought in it, and in doing so, sends us a message about the horror of war and the bravery of the men who fought in this one.

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"The personal and professional relationship between Lee and Longstreet was depicted as being a bittersweet one. The two were polar opposites, each representing the past and future of war. Lee seemed bent on an offensive campaign, while Longstreet believed in a defensive strategy. I sometimes wonder if Lee knew that he would be "untouchable" when it came to responsibility for a defeat, thus was more likely to take the long shot, and take the offensive."

Tags:Buster, Kilrain, 20th, Maine, Chamberlain, Longstreet

Abstract
This paper reviews and summarizes Michael Shaara's fictional-historical account of four days of conflict between North and South during the Battle of Gettysburg. It explores the personal perspectives of three participants.

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"In "The Killer Angels" author Michael Shaara recreates a fictional-historical account of the Battle of Gettysburg a four-day period in June and July. The book opens with the first battle and extends through Pickett's Charge. Shaara argues that the reason for writing the novel that unfolds to us primarily through the personal perspectives of three of its participants was so that readers can know what it was like to be at the Battle what the weather was like, what men's faces looked like ..."

Tags:Colonel Chamberlain, General Longstreet, General Lee, freedom, equality, soldiers, ideology, moral code, cause

Abstract
The following paper looks at a number of moral aspects of the Battle of Gettysburg as portrayed in the Shaara's book. By looking at these aspects of his book and of the battle the writer differentiates in some measure the reasons that the soldiers on the field had for fighting the war and the reasons generally given by historians.

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"Shaara neither attempts to vilify nor to excuse the officers or soldiers of the Confederacy (or the Union) but looks at them instead as individuals, many of whom were astonishingly brave and committed to their causes. Shaara allows us to see that although the war was in some wars about slavery and in some ways about the growing divide between the agrarian culture of the South as opposed to the industrial culture of the North, it was also about two groups of soldiers fighting for the survival of their homeland, their families, their farms, the places where they had played as children."

Tags:families, farms, homelands, children, contribution, leaders, soldiers, slavery, agrarian, culture

Abstract
The novel, ?The Killer Angels? by Michael Shaara, is a story depicting the courage and heroism of people involved in the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place in 1863 and, in the process, proves to be a lot more than a mere history lesson in Civil war. This paper focuses on how Shaara depicts the character of Confederate General Robert Lee. It also discusses the importance of studying individual battles in the American Civil War, as each battle had its own causes and reasons.

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"Robert Lee was an intelligent man who was well aware of his reasons for fighting this war and also understood the reasons that others had. He believed in giving every man enough freedom to stand for his own views and beliefs. On one occasion, while talking with Lt. General Longstreet, Robert lee explains that his sole reason for fighting was duty and obligation. He wanted to protect his people and winning or losing wasn't his aim. He wasn't for slavery or against it, but it was important for him to properly discharge his duties, which included siding with the South."

Tags:Union, army, Longstreet, slavery

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" Conflict Resolution in The Killer Angels
A distinct method for resolving conflicts has been suggested in the book Getting to Yes. The first part of the method is to separate the people from the problem, making an effort to view the problem from the other side's perspective and understanding why the other side may feel strongly about the problem (Fisher & Ury, 1983, pp. 17-39). The second part requires that both sides focus on the interests of each party rather than the positions, looking past the positions established before negotiations and determining the true interests of each party (Fisher & Ury, 1983, pp. 40-55). The third part of the method requires the parties to invent options for mutual gain, coming up with new and inventive solutions to problems and gaining the trust of the other side (Fisher & Ury, 1983, pp. 56-80). The last part involves.."

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"Michael Shaara's 1993 book The Killer Angels inspired a miniseries about the Battle of Gettysburg and won the author a Pulitzer Prize because of his even-handed and skillful treatment of the battle -? considered by almost all Civil War scholars to be a turning point in the war ?- as well as of the war itself and the place it holds in American history. This paper examines some of the moral issues that Shaara raises and how these are related to ideals of leadership extolled and personified those who lead the Battle of Gettysburg, especially George Meade and Joshua Chamberlain.

Shaara neither attempts to vilify nor to excuse the officers or soldiers of the Confederacy (or the Union) but looks at them instead as individuals, many of whom were astonishingly brave and committed to their causes. Shaara allows us to see that although the .."

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