"A challenging new assessment of Joe Johnston's conduct of the
defense of Richmond and an important contribution to the scholarly
debate about Civil War military leadership. No serious student of
the war can overlook Newton's careful research and provocative
conclusions."--Craig L. Symonds, author of Stonewall of the
West"This is by far the best thing I know of on the war in Virginia
in the first five months of 1862. I have learned a lot from
Newton's work and I recommend it very strongly."--Richard M.
McMurry, author of Two Great Rebel Armies"An impressive,
invaluable, and bracingly revisionist account of Johnston's service
in Virginia."--Steven E. Woodworth, author of Davis and Lee at
War
"In this well-written and engrossing revisionist interpretation of
Johnston's command in the Army of Northern Virginia from February
to May 1862, Newton presents Johnston as an able administrator and
strategist who conducted operations in conformity with the
directives of Jefferson Davis."--Journal of Military History"What
gives Newton's book a special niche is his exhaustive research and
blend of narrative historiography."--The Virginia Magazine"This
treatment of Johnston is a work whose time has come."--Southern
Historian"A well-researched, well-argued, and well-written book
that challenges the long-held view that Johnston was a failure as
commanding general in Virginia. Newton's analysis of Joseph E.
Johnston during the peninsular campaign is excellent
history."--Journal of American History"Students of the intricacies
of Civil War strategy and the Byzantine world of the Confederate
high command will welcome Newton's assessment of the war in
Virginia in the first five months of 1862."--Journal of Southern
History
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