Second-in-command to General Robert E Lee, the author offers an insider's account of the operations of the Army of Northern Virginia. He also provide a broad perspective on the Civil War and the soldiers who fought in it.
More than a military history, this book explains how Scott's aristocratic pretensions were out of place with emerging notions of equality in Jacksonian America and made him an unappealing political candidate in his bid for the presidency.
Casting new light on Dwight David Eisenhower's profound life, "Eisenhower" chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander. 16-page insert, 5 maps.