Sherman: Soldier - Realist - American
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
At a time when the American Civil War produced commanders of myth and legend, one general stood apart for his radical, unflinching vision of modern warfare — William Tecumseh Sherman. B. H. Liddell Hart's landmark biography chronicles the life and military career of this complex and often misunderstood figure, from his formative years through his audacious campaigns that reshaped the very doctrine of war, most notably his devastating March to the Sea. With maps included to trace his bold strategic movements, the work presents Sherman not merely as a battlefield commander, but as a soldier, a realist, and a quintessentially American figure whose genius was forged in controversy. Liddell Hart — one of the 20th century's most influential military historians and strategists — argues with forensic precision that Sherman was, in fact, a prophet of modern warfare, anticipating the psychological and logistical dimensions of conflict that would define the wars of the century to come. His prose is rigorous yet compellingly readable, dissecting Sherman's campaigns with the authority of a fellow military mind while humanising a man too often reduced to caricature. For anyone who seeks to understand the origins of total war and the American character that waged it, this biography poses a question that still resonates: was Sherman a monster, or was he simply the first general to see war as it truly is?
Author: B. H. Liddell Hart
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
At a time when the American Civil War produced commanders of myth and legend, one general stood apart for his radical, unflinching vision of modern warfare — William Tecumseh Sherman. B. H. Liddell Hart's landmark biography chronicles the life and military career of this complex and often misunderstood figure, from his formative years through his audacious campaigns that reshaped the very doctrine of war, most notably his devastating March to the Sea. With maps included to trace his bold strategic movements, the work presents Sherman not merely as a battlefield commander, but as a soldier, a realist, and a quintessentially American figure whose genius was forged in controversy. Liddell Hart — one of the 20th century's most influential military historians and strategists — argues with forensic precision that Sherman was, in fact, a prophet of modern warfare, anticipating the psychological and logistical dimensions of conflict that would define the wars of the century to come. His prose is rigorous yet compellingly readable, dissecting Sherman's campaigns with the authority of a fellow military mind while humanising a man too often reduced to caricature. For anyone who seeks to understand the origins of total war and the American character that waged it, this biography poses a question that still resonates: was Sherman a monster, or was he simply the first general to see war as it truly is?