�One of the finest Civil War books in years.��Mobile Press-Register �Excellent. . . . a memorable and moving portrait of a besieged city.��Booklist �An absolute pleasure to read.��Civil War News �Mr. Bonds correctly notes that recent revisionist historians have tried to play down or even deny Sherman�s role in the burning.��Winston Groom in the Wall Street Journal �The freshness of the writing style, the pace of the story, and the handling of an entire campaign is as compelling as Bruce Catton�s landmark Army of the Potomac trilogy.��Civil War Librarian �Well-researched and well-written. . . . excellent character sketches. . . vivid and moving. . . . maps and diagrams of the battles are outstanding.��Bowling Green Daily News �Magnificent.��Civil War Notebook �Russell S. Bonds has an impressive ability to combine combat narrative with shrewd analyses of commanders� performances.��James M. McPherson, author of Tried by War �Using his skills as both historian and storyteller, Russell S. Bonds has given us what might have seemed impossible�a fresh, new look back at Atlanta.��Robert Hicks, author of The Widow of the South A masterpiece of prose and research, the definitive history of the struggle for Atlanta during the Civil War, an episode immortalized by the novel Gone with the Wind.