Earls. I can honestly say one of his books i read at graduate school is one of the very finest and, in fact, one of the very first books to explore soldier motivation and ideology. It is an outstanding book. He has done many others that include pickens charge, rightful musket in the civil war. His book on braxton brag as well. Im not sure youll love him after you read earls book. It is a fair and very well researched and deeply analytical look at that controversial general. Earl has won a number of awards, including the tom watson prize for his work on civil war tactics, something he will be speaking about today. And, i should note, that this book, fighting for atlanta published by the university of North Carolina press that it, in fact, will be his topic. Let me welcome earl hess. Thank you, peter, very much for that nice, generous introduction. Fighting for atlanta, tactics, terrain and trenches in the civil war. Thats the topic. The purpose is to understand one of the more important