With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher

A new, revised edition of the only full-scale biography of the Confederacyis top-ranking field general during the opening campaigns of the Civil War.

Charles P. Roland, emeritus Alumni Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, is the author of An American Iliad: The Story of the Civil War and The Improbable Era: The South Since WWII.

Reviews:

"Those readers interested in biographical works on the Civil War's leaders would do well to have a copy. . . . No portion of Johnston's life, from his military and personal affairs, his financial failures and military successes, is left uncovered."--ACW Gaming and Reading Blog

"A masterly biography of a man cast in the heroic mold."-Journal of American History

"The classic treatment of Johnston."-American Historical Review

"Roland offers a useful corrective to some of the harsher critiques [of Johnston] . . . portraying him as an officer who, just one year into the war, was still growing as a leader."-from the foreword by Gary Gallagher

"A biography of the Kentucky native who might have been mentioned in the same breath as Robert E. Lee had Johnston not died while commanding Confederate troops at the battle of Shiloh in 1862, only a year after the war started."-Lexington Herald-Leader

"Must reading for Civil War buffs and readers of military history."-McCormick (SC) Messenger

"A valuable biography of this outstanding officer."-NYMAS Newsletter

"Johnston's early years, military career, and encounters with Indians, Mormons, and Union soldiers are the focus of this 'masterly' study."-Civil War Book Review

"The view of army life and the terrible decisions that many southern officers had to make at the beginning will provide an excellent background for further understanding the Civil War."-Paper Wars