Review
"Military historian Steven Woodworth has cracked the code of one of the Civil War's best-known, complex, and most controversial [figures]….Woodworth has fully captured the man with concision, precision, and style." --Noah Andre Trudeau, best-selling author of Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea and Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage

"[A] gem of a military biography. To read it is to cut through the myth and see the real William T. Sherman." --John C. Waugh, award-winning author of One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War and The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. 

Review
"A fast-paced look at the military career of Grant’s most trusted, effective subordinate, the latest from the publisher’s handy Great Generals Series." -- Kirkus Reviews
 
"An excellent brief life of a major and controversial figure.” --Booklist
 
"With the clarity and lucidity of style that has become his hallmark, Steven Woodworth has given us a splendid brief biography of William T. Sherman.  Concise without sacrificing important details, this book analyzes the qualities of personality and leadership that made Sherman a great general and an essential partner with Ulysses S. Grant to win the Civil War." -- James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom and Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

"It has long been evident that Steve Woodworth has a mastery of Civil War history that allows him to write on any aspect of it with vast knowledge, understanding, perception, accuracy, and dramatic flair. He has brought all of that skill into play again in this gem of a military biography. To read it is to cut through the myth and see the real William T. Sherman." -- John C. Waugh,  author of The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox--Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and Their Brothers