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Sherman's ghosts : soldiers, civilians, and the American way of war / Matthew Carr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, Matthew, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.
- Sherman, William T.
- Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Influence.
- Sherman's March to the Sea.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (353 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, New York : The New Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sherman's Ghosts opens with an epic retelling of General Sherman's fateful decision to turn his sights on the South's civilian population in order to break the back of the Confederacy. Acclaimed author Matthew Carr then exposes how this strategy became the central preoccupation of war planners in the twentieth century and beyond, offering a stunning and lucid assessment of the impact Sherman's slash-and-burn policies have had on subsequent wars, including World War II and in the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, and even Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Contents:
- Part I. The march
- The iron hand of war
- Uncle Billy's war
- The destruction machine
- Civilians and soldiers
- "More perfect peace"
- Part II. Legacies
- Soldiers
- Civilians
- The new American way of war
- Wars without war.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781620970782
- 1620970783
- OCLC:
- 902414958
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