Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: A New View of the Civil War

With so many books available about the Civil War, I usually sigh when I see another one. But Charles Bracelen Flood has surpassed the usual offerings with this fascinating account of Grant and Sherman, who's friendship would "win the Civil War." Well written and researched, Flood's narrative gives life and blood to these men, written off early as failures: US Grant--a drunk, and William T. Sherman--insane. Whatever their shortcomings might have been, the underlying combined genius of these men came together at the crucial times and places. A splendid book and a breath of fresh air to the genre of Civil War history.