Great to have a current rewritten book on George H Thomas. Much of the details are taken from the previous biographer's works but new sources of infromation are no where else since Thomas had his personal papers destroyed and never wrote his own autobiography. Nor would he if he had lived to beyond retirement from the army. The author does put a new focus on Thomas as one of the few supporters of civil rights for the Negroes. The author does make some judgements on Thomas that supports those who are not advocates of Thomas. I would recommend this book. ( )