description: Part One Of Two Parts This isn't a bestseller in Georgia, nor will there be a Sherman Avenue south of the Mason-Dixon line. But William Tecumseh Sherman was the most important and prescient general of the Civil War, and his gift to the 20th century, total war, continues in practice to this day. It was Sherman who executed the famous march from Atlanta to the sea, cutting a swath 60 miles wide through the heart of the Confederacy, leaving such destruction that "a crow would have to pack his lunch." He saw precisely that it would break the South's will to resist. These memoirs show a man not of passion but logic. His stroke did shorten the war, so perhaps one should be grateful -- on the other hand, he comes down to us not only as the man who said "war is hell," but also as the one who taught us how to make it so.
language: English
title: Memoirs of General William T. Sherman  Part 1 of 2
titlecomplete: Memoirs of General William T. Sherman  Part 1 of 2
genres: Historical, History, Classics, Memoir, War, American Civil War, Civil War, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 191
publisher: Books on Tape, Inc.