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-Titulo Original : The Scourge Of War The Life Of William Tecumseh Sherman
-Fabricante :
Oxford University Press
-Descripcion Original:
William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the best-known generals in the Civil War. His March to the Sea, which resulted in a devastated swath of the South from Atlanta to Savannah, cemented his place in history as the pioneer of total war. In The Scourge of War, preeminent military historian Brian Holden Reid offers a deeply researched life and times account of Sherman. By examining his childhood and education, his business ventures in California, his antebellum leadership of a military college in Louisiana, and numerous career falsestarts, Holden Reid shows how unlikely his exceptional Civil War career would seem. He also demonstrates how crucial his family was to his professional path, particularly his wifes intervention during the war. He analyzes Shermans development as a battlefield commander and especially his crucialfriendships with Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant. In doing so, he details how Sherman overcame both his weaknesses as a leader and severe depression to mature as a military strategist. Central chapters narrate closely Shermans battlefield career and the gradual lifting of his pessimismthat the Union would be defeated. After the war, Sherman became a popular figure in the North and the founder of the school for officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, known as the intellectual center of the army. Holden Reid argues that Sherman was not hostile to the South throughout his life andonly in later years gained a reputation as a villain who practiced barbaric destruction, particularly as the neo-Confederate Lost Cause grew and he published one of the first personal accounts of the war.A definitive biography of a preeminent military figure by a renowned military historian, The Scourge of War is a masterful account of Sherman life that fully recognizes his intellect, strategy, and actions during the Civil War. Review ...leaves the readers wanting more... -- Jennifer M. Murray, The Annals of Iowa[T]his deeply researched and deftly argued investigation will likely prove to be the definitive one for the foreseeable future....[Holden] Reid carefully connects Shermans personality traits to his military strengths and weaknesses. -- Gordon Berg, History NetBrian Holden Reid offers us a wide-ranging biography that serves the field well by placing Sherman within the larger military, political, and intellectual forces of the nineteenth century in the process helping to restore an oftmaligned historical figure to his rightful place as a supreme militarythinker. -- Zachery A. Fry, Military History ReviewIn this compelling and lucid reassessment of William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-91), Reid (Kings Coll. London; Americas Civil War) dispels the myths and misreadings of the commanding general of the Union Army and, later, secretary of war, recasting him as a man of wide intellectual interests whounderstood that winning demanded strategic vision and assiduous planning. Reids Sherman grew from an officer unsure of himself to a confident general at once bold in thought, meticulous in planning, and deft and decisive in action....Sometimes argumentative but always insightful, this study ofSherman ranks among the best renderings of the man and the conduct of the Civil War, and will help readers reconsider Shermans character and the discipline necessary to succeed in war. -- Library JournalIn this thoroughly researched and beautifully crafted work, a master historian has produced a strikingly original book, keenly sensitive to context and brimming with insights. Surely it is destined to become the standard biography of this iconic general, debunking many myths and enlarging ourunderstanding of the man, his times, his wars, and his contribution to saving the United States at its most vulnerable time. If you can read one book about the military aspects of the American Civil War, make it this one. --Richard H. Kohn, University of North
-Fabricante :
Oxford University Press
-Descripcion Original:
William Tecumseh Sherman, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Seminole War, became one of the best-known generals in the Civil War. His March to the Sea, which resulted in a devastated swath of the South from Atlanta to Savannah, cemented his place in history as the pioneer of total war. In The Scourge of War, preeminent military historian Brian Holden Reid offers a deeply researched life and times account of Sherman. By examining his childhood and education, his business ventures in California, his antebellum leadership of a military college in Louisiana, and numerous career falsestarts, Holden Reid shows how unlikely his exceptional Civil War career would seem. He also demonstrates how crucial his family was to his professional path, particularly his wifes intervention during the war. He analyzes Shermans development as a battlefield commander and especially his crucialfriendships with Henry W. Halleck and Ulysses S. Grant. In doing so, he details how Sherman overcame both his weaknesses as a leader and severe depression to mature as a military strategist. Central chapters narrate closely Shermans battlefield career and the gradual lifting of his pessimismthat the Union would be defeated. After the war, Sherman became a popular figure in the North and the founder of the school for officers at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, known as the intellectual center of the army. Holden Reid argues that Sherman was not hostile to the South throughout his life andonly in later years gained a reputation as a villain who practiced barbaric destruction, particularly as the neo-Confederate Lost Cause grew and he published one of the first personal accounts of the war.A definitive biography of a preeminent military figure by a renowned military historian, The Scourge of War is a masterful account of Sherman life that fully recognizes his intellect, strategy, and actions during the Civil War. Review ...leaves the readers wanting more... -- Jennifer M. Murray, The Annals of Iowa[T]his deeply researched and deftly argued investigation will likely prove to be the definitive one for the foreseeable future....[Holden] Reid carefully connects Shermans personality traits to his military strengths and weaknesses. -- Gordon Berg, History NetBrian Holden Reid offers us a wide-ranging biography that serves the field well by placing Sherman within the larger military, political, and intellectual forces of the nineteenth century in the process helping to restore an oftmaligned historical figure to his rightful place as a supreme militarythinker. -- Zachery A. Fry, Military History ReviewIn this compelling and lucid reassessment of William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-91), Reid (Kings Coll. London; Americas Civil War) dispels the myths and misreadings of the commanding general of the Union Army and, later, secretary of war, recasting him as a man of wide intellectual interests whounderstood that winning demanded strategic vision and assiduous planning. Reids Sherman grew from an officer unsure of himself to a confident general at once bold in thought, meticulous in planning, and deft and decisive in action....Sometimes argumentative but always insightful, this study ofSherman ranks among the best renderings of the man and the conduct of the Civil War, and will help readers reconsider Shermans character and the discipline necessary to succeed in war. -- Library JournalIn this thoroughly researched and beautifully crafted work, a master historian has produced a strikingly original book, keenly sensitive to context and brimming with insights. Surely it is destined to become the standard biography of this iconic general, debunking many myths and enlarging ourunderstanding of the man, his times, his wars, and his contribution to saving the United States at its most vulnerable time. If you can read one book about the military aspects of the American Civil War, make it this one. --Richard H. Kohn, University of North
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