The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans

A dual biography of two efficient warriors. Evenly balanced to demonstrate that the War was a process all by itself, perhaps outside the politics involved. I don't really think so, as both men did wrack up victories, Sherman in the long run successful. Royster doesn't deal very effectively with Jackson's occasional time-outs, where he would go into a light coma, as he did at the start of the Peninsula fighting. His inaction that day was probably not simply fatigue...there were other instances... someone should go into that...
Sherman, was excitable, and a less skilled leader, but gives the impression, even in his own memoirs, of being "On the Job", rather than enjoying a mystical experience.

Brilliant psychohistory!

Lincoln Prize Winner 1992