GRANT

Aside from Grant, the author mentions dozens of military leaders’ names without even a parenthetical remark about who they were. Mosier uses the names of Civil War battles without providing any context. He also makes some outrageous statements: “The leading generals of the Civil War were all men of great talent.” Brian Emerson has the annoying habit of dropping his voice at the end of sentences, demoting the last word or two to a mumble. He also puts a three- to four-second pause between sentences, thereby breaking the cadence and assigning undue importance to each. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 06/ JAN 07]