
The Destructive War
William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans
Charles Royster(Author)
Vintage Books (Publisher)
Published on 11. January 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
560 pages
978-0-679-73878-7 (ISBN)
Description
From the moment the Civil War began, partisans on both sides were calling not just for victory but for extermination. And both sides found leaders who would oblige. In this vivid and fearfully persuasive book, Charles Royster looks at William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson, the men who came to embody the apocalyptic passions of North and South, and re-creates their characters, their strategies, and the feelings they inspired in their countrymen. At once an incisive dual biography, hypnotically engrossing military history, and a cautionary examination of the American penchant for patriotic bloodshed, The Destructive War is a work of enormous power.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Random House USA Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 132 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
694 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-679-73878-7 (9780679738787)
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E-Book
09/2011
Vintage
€15.99
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Person
Charles Royster
Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. The Destruction of Columbia
2. The Aggressive War: Jackson
3. The Aggressive War: Sherman
4. The Anomalous War
5. The Death of Stonewall
6. The Vicarious War
7. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
8. The Destructive War
—Part I: The Last Year
—Part II: The War and the Future of the Nation
9. The Grand Review
Preface
1. The Destruction of Columbia
2. The Aggressive War: Jackson
3. The Aggressive War: Sherman
4. The Anomalous War
5. The Death of Stonewall
6. The Vicarious War
7. The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
8. The Destructive War
—Part I: The Last Year
—Part II: The War and the Future of the Nation
9. The Grand Review