Where the South Lost the War: An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort Donelson Campaign, February 1862 (The American Civil War)
"Some historians argue that the pivotal action of the Civil War was not Antietam or Gettysburg, but the twin Confederate losses at Forts Henry and Donelson, the battles that opened the way for the union juggernaut to penetrate the Southern heartland and carve it into pieces.... Kendall Gott's Where the South Lost the War ...should establish itself as the standard work on both engagements and their impact for the next generation."