This is interesting, and it seems a lot of people have some animosity towards Kerwin for one reason or another. It is truly interesting both from a historical aspect of the game and also for me personally as a player because I honestly only ever made decisions that I thought would be best for Eston, the North, and our cause (for what it's worth).
I'm not going to do it now, but this tomorrow or this weekend I will post here a sizable summary of Kerwin's decisions during the war, why he made them, and why I as a player made them.
I can summarize:
1. Kerwin asks the Council which option they want.
2. Council yells at him and rejects all ideas
3. Council tells him to attack allies
4. Kerwin calms them all down
5. Council votes on the issue
6. Kerwin proceeds with the agreed upon idea
7. Council yells at him for doing what they asked him to do.
This pretty much is what happened over the last 2.5 years.