American General: The Life and Times of William Tecumseh

American General: The Life and Times of William Tecumseh Sherman

From respected historian John S. D. Eisenhower comes a surprising portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War general whose path of destruction cut the Confederacy in two, broke the will of the Southern population, and earned him a place in history as â€œthe first modern general.â€ Yet behind his reputation as a fierce warrior was a sympathetic man of complex character.

A century and a half after the Civil War, Sherman remains one of its most controversial figuresâ€”the soldier who brought the fight not only to the Confederate Army, but to Confederate civilians as well. Yet Eisenhower, a West Point graduate and a retired brigadier general (Army Reserves), finds in Sherman a man of startling contrasts, not at all defined by the implications of â€œtotal war.â€ His scruffy, disheveled appearance belied an unconventional and unyielding intellect. Intensely loyal to superior officers, especially Ulysses S. Grant, he was also a stalwart individualist. Confident enough to make demands face-to-face with President Lincoln, he sympathetically listened to the problems of newly freed slaves on his famed march from Atlanta to Savannah. Dubbed â€œno soldierâ€ during his years at West Point, Sherman later rose to the rank of General of the Army, and though deeply committed to the Union cause, he held the people of the South in great affection.

In this remarkable reassessment of Shermanâ€™s life and career, Eisenhower takes readers from Shermanâ€™s Ohio origins and his fledgling first stint in the Army, to his years as a businessman in California and his hurried return to uniform at the outbreak of the war. From Bull Run through Shermanâ€™s epic March to the Sea, Eisenhower offers up a fascinating narrative of a military genius whose influence helped preserve the Unionâ€”and forever changed war.
Country USA
Brand NAL
Manufacturer NAL
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2014-10-07
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780451471352

Country	USA
Brand	NAL
Manufacturer	NAL
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2014-10-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780451471352

American General: The Life and Times of William Tecumseh Sherman

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