LOUISIANA STATE UNIV. PRESS

Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders (Apr., $24.95) and Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Apr., $26.95) by Ezra J. Warner offer biographical sketches and photos of all 425 Confederate generals and 583 Union generals.

MERCER UNIV. PRESS

Sherman's 1864 Trail of Battle to Atlanta (Apr., $24) by Philip L. Secrist traces the principal marching routes used by both Confederate and Union armies.

NAL/CALIBER

Chasing Ghosts: A Soldier's Story of Fighting the Iraq War from Baghdad to the Beltway (May, $24.95) by Paul Rieckhoff. A platoon leader relates the trials faced by American soldiers, not all of them from the enemy.

NEW PRESS

10 Excellent Reasons Not to Join the Military (Mar., $14.95), edited by Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg, combines hard facts and personal testimony. 20,000 first printing.