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Book SynopsisCombining military biography, historical analysis, and political insight,
Politician in Uniform provides an expanded and balanced view of Lew Wallace's military career - and offers the reader a new understanding of the experience of a voluntary general like Lew Wallace.
Trade Review“Christopher R. Mortenson provides readers with an excellent reconsideration of Wallace’s military career. With its clear descriptions and analysis of Wallace’s actions on and off the battlefield and its insights into the ambitions and perspectives that drove Wallace’s efforts and fueled the various controversies that arose from them,
Politician in Uniform effectively reminds us that, in many ways, the American Civil War truly was ‘a continuation of politics.’”—Ethan S. Rafuse, author of
Robert E. Lee and the Fall of the Confederacy, 1863–1865 and editor of
Corps Commanders in Blue: Union Major Generals in the Civil War.
“Christopher Mortenson has captured the totality of the war service of a man better known for his political intentions than his battlefield prowess. This is an outstanding study of an exceptionally complicated figure.
Politician in Uniform deserves a place on the shelf of anyone interested in Civil War leadership, command, and the intersection of politics and military operations.”—Paul Springer, author of
America’s Captives: Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
