Sherman - Rilegato

Woodworth, Steven E.

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ISBN 10: 0230610242 ISBN 13: 9780230610248

Casa editrice: St Martins Pr, 2009

Riassunto

General William Tecumseh Sherman famously said "War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it." This statement has contributed to his mythic status as a grim-visaged Civil War character who embodied implacable war. Utilizing unique and highly successful maneuvering techniques, Sherman was an original, decisive, and efficient leader.

Rising steadily through the ranks during the Civil War, Sherman quickly became Ulysses S. Grant's right hand man. He went on to lead the Union capture of Atlanta, a major victory that contributed to Lincoln's reelection during a tough phase of the war. Legend has him burning a sixty-mile-wide swath of desolation across the South, but while he held the harsh view that the Southern people must feel the pain of the war if it were ever to end, he also showed courtesy and restraint to those Southerners he encountered and strictly limited the destruction to strategic targets. An integral component to the North's success, Sherman was directed and single-minded in his pursuit of Union victory and a re-united country. Acclaimed Civil War historian Steven E. Woodworth delivers a nuanced, insightful portrait of General Sherman, as a man who shied away from the spotlight and only wanted the war to end as quickly as possible.

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'Military historian Steven Woodworth has cracked the code of one of the Civil War's best-known, complex, and most controversial commanders - William Tecumseh Sherman. A larger-than-life figure of decided opinions, prejudices and passions, Sherman was also a sharp strategic thinker with the character and wherewithal to put his thoughts into action. That he changed the course of the Civil War there is no doubt, neither is there any question that Woodworth has fully captured the man with concision, precision, and style.'
-Noah Andre Trudeau, bestselling author of Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the Sea and Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage

'It has long been evident that Steven Woodworth has a mastery of Civil War history that allows him to write on any aspect of it with vast knowledge, understanding, perception, accuracy, and brio. He has brought all of that skill into play again in this gem of a military biography. To read it is to cut through the myth and see the real William T. Sherman.'
-John C. Waugh, award-winning author of One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War and The Class of 1846: From West Point to Appomattox

'With the clarity and lucidity of style that has become his hallmark, Steven Woodworth has given us a splendid brief biography of William T. Sherman. Concise without sacrificing important details, this book analyzes the qualities of personality and leadership that made Sherman a great general and an essential partner with Ulysses S. Grant to win the Civil War.'
-James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom and Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief


  

Descrizione del libro:

Celebrating the 10th volume in the Great Generals Series

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• Editore: St Martins Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0230610242
• ISBN 13: 9780230610248
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 198