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One of this generation's most thoughtful Civil War historians, Dr. Richard J. Sommers, has written a trenchant analysis on leadership during the conflict in Challenges of Command in the Civil War. The book is replete with telling details, cogent judgments, and discerning arguments, all based on extensive reading and deep scholarship. Dr. Sommers's new book needs to be read by all students of America's great saga. --Jeffry D. Wert, author of A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph 1862-1863 Richard J. Sommers is the dean of Civil War military history, and with Challenges of Command in the Civil War, he brings more than half-a-century of study to his task. Sommers's insights and analysis of the war's leadership and strategy demand the attention of any reader interested in our nation's most consequential conflict. This is destined to be one of the most important books on its subject ever published. --A. Wilson Greene, author of A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg

One of this generation's most thoughtful Civil War historians, Dr. Richard J. Sommers, has written a trenchant analysis on leadership during the conflict in Challenges of Command in the Civil War. The book is replete with telling details, cogent judgments, and discerning arguments, all based on extensive reading and deep scholarship. Dr. Sommers's new book needs to be read by all students of America's great saga. --Jeffry D. Wert, author of A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph 1862-1863 Richard J. Sommers is the dean of Civil War military history, and with Challenges of Command in the Civil War, he brings more than half-a-century of study to his task. Sommers's insights and analysis of the war's leadership and strategy demand the attention of any reader interested in our nation's most consequential conflict. This is destined to be one of the most important books on its subject ever published. --A. Wilson Greene, author of A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg

""One of this generation's most thoughtful Civil War historians, Dr. Richard J. Sommers, has written a trenchant analysis on leadership during the conflict in Challenges of Command in the Civil War. The book is replete with telling details, cogent judgments, and discerning arguments, all based on extensive reading and deep scholarship. Dr. Sommers's new book needs to be read by all students of America's great saga.""--Jeffry D. Wert, author of A Glorious Army: Robert E. Lee's Triumph 1862-1863 ""Richard J. Sommers is the dean of Civil War military history, and with Challenges of Command in the Civil War, he brings more than half-a-century of study to his task. Sommers's insights and analysis of the war's leadership and strategy demand the attention of any reader interested in our nation's most consequential conflict. This is destined to be one of the most important books on its subject ever published.""--A. Wilson Greene, author of A Campaign of Giants: The Battle for Petersburg

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Dr. Richard J. Sommers has contributed extensively to Civil War and military history. He retired recently as the Senior Historian of the Army Heritage and Education Center, where he served for more than four decades. In addition to Richmond Redeemed, he has authored more than 100 chapters, articles, entries, and reviews on a wide variety of Civil War topics. Dr. Sommers is the recipient of a host of awards, including the Bell Wiley Prize for the best Civil War book published in 1981-82, the Harrisburg Civil War Round Table General John F. Hartranft Award “for meritorious service,” and the Army Heritage Center Foundation General John Armstrong Award “for significant contributions.” He is a popular speaker to Civil War audiences, including the Civil War Round Table circuit, and continues to teach at the War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Born in Indiana and educated at Carleton College (B.A.) and Rice University (Ph.D.), Dr. Sommers resides in Carlisle with his wife, Tracy.

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