Sherman's Ghosts: Soldiers, Civilians, and the American Way of War

by Matthew Carr

Book Overview

This "thought-provoking" military history considers the influence of General Sherman's Civil War tactics on American conflicts through the twentieth century (The New York Times).

"To know what war is, one should follow our tracks," Gen. William T. Sherman once wrote to his wife, describing the devastation left by his armies in Georgia. Sherman's Ghosts is an investigation of those tracks, as well as those left across the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1595589554
• ISBN13: 9781595589552
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: New Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.2"