Stephen E. Ambrose (1936-2002) was the author of many biographies and histories, including Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest; The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany; Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West; Upton and the Army; and a three-volume biography of Richard Nixon. It was after reading Halleck, Ambrose's first book, that Dwight Eisenhower asked Ambrose to write his biography.
"Ambrose has exhaustively researched his subject, and the result is a penetrating examination and provocative reappraisal of Halleck's capacity as a military commander, and of his close association with President Lincoln."--New York Historical Quarterly "Ambrose'sfine book is sound, thoughtful, and scholarly. It also demonstrates an understanding of the high command in modern war and helps to explain the divergent attitudes of Halleck's contemporaries."--Civil War History
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