War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville was written by the same man who authored such compelling books as Shiloh: In Hell Before Night and Chattanoga: A Death Grip on the Confederacy. That man could only be Civil War buff and historian James Lee McDonough.
             Currently, James Lee McDonough is a faculty member in the Department of History at Auburn University. In 1966 he received his Ph.D. from Florida State University after completing his dissertation...."The Civil War Career of John M. Schofield". McDonough's fields of specialty include U.S. History to 1865; 19th Century Europe; U.S. History since 1865; Medieval Europe; and Religion. However the historical period that we know as the Civil War is perhaps the closest to his heart, as he has authored or co-authored several books dealing with this historical era and its battles. These books include:
             War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville. 1994.
             War So Terrible: Sherman and Atlanta. With James Pickett Jones as
             Chattanoga: A Death Grip on the Confederacy. 1984.
             Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin. With T. L. Connelly as
             Stones River: Bloody Water in Tennessee. 1980
             Sky Riders: History of the 327/401 Glider Infantry. With Richard S.
             Shiloh: In Hell Before Night. 1977
             Schofield: Union General in the Civil War and Reconstruction. 1972.
             James Lee McDonough's War in Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville is an account which allows the participants, officers, and soldiers to tell their own story. In his attempt to do so, McDonough draws on diaries, letters, and reminiscences to show that 1862 should have been considered to have been the decisive year of the Civil War. It is his belief that Southern defeat was inevitable as he shows the strategic importance of Kentucky for both the Union and the confederacy, with its important railways and waterways.
             McDonough explores the Confederacy's attempts to capture Kentuck...