George B. McClellan: The Young Napoleon

Stephen W. Sears. Ticknor & Fields, $12.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-89919-914-6

Controversial commander of the Northern army in the Civil War, Gen. George McClellan saw himself as God's chosen instrument for saving the Union. ``This masterly biography is an astonishing portrait of an egotistical crank who could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory,'' commended PW. Photos. (Sept.)

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