Alexander Mendoza

A workmanlike examination of James Longstreet's career in the Western theatre of the war, in which the author gives the man a basically positive assessment as a field commander, despite running afoul of the minefield that was command relations in the Army of Tennessee. Essentially, while admitting that Longstreet made his own mistakes of social engineering, this monograph is mostly another slam at the Jeff Davis and his inability to separate friendship from the management of his generals.