Contents

Preface

Chapter One:Torn to Pieces

Chapter Two:Perplexity

Chapter Three:The Torchbearers

Chapter Four:The Long Gray Line

Chapter Five:Long to Be Remembered

Chapter Six:Seven Arias

Chapter Seven:Pioneers

Chapter Eight:The Family Circle

Chapter Nine:Humanity and the Law

Chapter Ten:Adrenaline

Chapter Eleven:Crenellations

Chapter Twelve:Black-Eyed Fancies

Chapter Thirteen:The Headache Bag

Chapter Fourteen:Mutable Shield

Chapter Fifteen:Odyssey

Chapter Sixteen:Theory Meets Reality

Chapter Seventeen:“Upon a Fearful Summons”

Chapter Eighteen:Field of Honor

Chapter Nineteen:“A General…Is a Rare Product”

Chapter Twenty:Apogee / Perigee

Chapter Twenty-one:Overwhelmed

Chapter Twenty-two:The Political Animal

Chapter Twenty-three:Ragged Individualists 399

Chapter Twenty-four:A Leap in the Dark

Chapter Twenty-five:Blurred Vision

Chapter Twenty-six:“If Vanquished, I Am Still Victorious”

Acknowledgments

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index