Title:
Sherman's ghosts : soldiers, civilians, and the American way of war
Author:
Carr, Matthew, 1955-
ISBN:
9781595589552
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York, NY : The New Press, 2015.
Physical Description:
337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:
From Georgia to FM 3-24 -- The iron hand of war -- Uncle Billy's war -- The destruction machine -- Civilians and soldiers -- "More perfect peace" -- Soldiers -- Civilians -- The new American way of war -- Wars without war.
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."--Publisher's Web site.
First Title value, for Searching:
Sherman's ghosts : soldiers, civilians, and the American way of war / Matthew Carr.