GRANT AND SHERMAN: The Friendship That Won the Civil War—Charles Bracelen Flood—For U.S. Civil War buffs, or those with an interest, at all, in U.S. History, or just pleasure reading, Flood gives a keen new insight into how the North won the Civil War. Grant and Sherman, both failures in civilian life, teamed together in War maintained both a professional relationship a personal friendship built on mutual trust and understanding of each other's strengths and weaknesses. The book, also, is a remarkable review of the Civil War period, politics involved, tactics used throughout as well as the remarkable trust Lincoln placed in these two men. The rear cover states, “Poignant, riveting and elegantly written, Grant and Sherman is a remarkable portrait of two extraordinary men and a singular friendship, forged on the battlefield, that would change the course of history.” Believe it! Real history which reads as easily as a novel.