Sherman's ghosts
Subtitle: soldiers, civilians, and the American way of war
By: Matthew Carr
Publisher: The New Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781595589552
Subjects: Influence; Military art and science; Sherman's March to the Sea
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: From Georgia to FM 3-24 --; title: The iron hand of war --; title: Uncle Billy's war --; title: The destruction machine --; title: Civilians and soldiers --; title: "More perfect peace" --; title: Soldiers --; title: Civilians --; title: The new American way of war --; title: Wars without war.