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General Albert Sidney Johnston has long been one of the most debated figures of the American Civil War. Serving as the Confederate commander of the Western Department from September 1861 to April 1862, he oversaw a series of stunning defeats that allowed Union forces to penetrate deep into the Southern heartland. Some prominent historians have laid the blame squarely at Johnston''s feet, painting him as an indecisive leader whose missteps doomed the Confederacy''s western war effort. But is this assessment fair? Through a meticulous analysis of military records, contemporary accounts, and secondary sources, this book challenges history''s harshest criticisms of Johnston''s generalship and provides explanations for his most controversial decisions, such as the reinforcement of Fort Donelson and the stacked column of corps formation used in the battle of Shiloh. Here, for the first time, Johnston''s actions are interpreted in a new light – challenging long-held assumptions and inviting readers to reconsider the legacy of an important Civil War commander. . . . . ."Leigh Goggin has presented a thorough and reasonable defense of Johnston''s generalship. Instead of echoing the opinions of previous historians, he has looked at the primary sources and shown that Johnston was a gifted commander in a nearly impossible situation."- Sean Michael Chick, author of Dreams of Victory: General P. G. T. Beauregard in the Civil War and The Shiloh Campaign, 1862: Battle for the Heartland.

How does a supermarket cashier and single Mum become a fearless Baghdad bodyguard in the battlefields of Iraq?This is the true story of Neryl Joyce, a young Australian woman, struggling to pay the bills, who signed up to be a soldier. After a stint with the Australian Army's elite Close Personal Protection Unit, Neryl joined a private security firm inside Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone. Here, she defended high-risk foreign targets from opportunistic assassination inside Iraq. As a female bodyguard in the Middle East, Neryl had to be as good as-or even better than-any of her fellow soldiers. With courage and heart, she navigated sexual discrimination and abuse, operations on the world's most dangerous road, and the unrelenting brutality of a man's world. But the longer she stayed, the more convinced she became that disaster was imminent. Somehow, Neryl survived to return home to her son and tell this heart-stopping and inspirational story.