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William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
James Lee McDonough
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Description for William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
Hardcover. A major new biography of one of America's most storied military figures. Num Pages: 832 pages, 8 pages of illustrations, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBW; HBWJ; JW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts and who lived much of his life separated from his family. As a soldier, Sherman evolved from a spirited student at West Point into a general who steered the American Civil War's most decisive campaigns, rendered here in graphic detail. Lamenting casualties, Sherman sought the war's swift end. This meticulously researched biography explores Sherman's friendship with Ulysses S. Grant and his relationship with his family. The result is a remarkable life of an American icon whose legacy resonates to this day.
Product Details
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
1300g
Number of Pages
832
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393241570
SKU
V9780393241570
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About James Lee McDonough
James Lee McDonough is a Civil War historian and professor emeritus at Auburn University. The author of nine books, including Nashville: The Western Confederacy's Final Gamble and Shiloh: In Hell Before Night, he lives in Lewisburg, Tennessee.
Reviews for William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country: A Life
A well-rounded study.... Everything about this book will interest readers who want to know more about antebellum America and the Civil War.
Starred Review [McDonough] tells this story well.
Thomas E. Ricks Sherman's is surely a fascinating American life, in war and peace alike, and this packed book will beguile a whole summer with ease.
John Timpane Masterly...the product of a historian's lifelong study....a full-blooded narrative.
Carl Rollyson [McDonough] offers a great deal of shrewd military analysis, but what gives the book its vigor is [his] presentation of Sherman's propulsive personality.
Richard Snow McDonough...adroitly weaves his prodigious knowledge of Civil War-era America into this behemoth biography as he brilliantly captures Gen. Sherman's personality.... an exhaustive biography told with considerable narrative skill. James McDonough's William Tecumseh Sherman is the first major biography of this complex, challenging figure in almost a quarter century, and it is deeply researched and thoughtfully presented. Engagingly written, it brings new perspective to Sherman's pre-war years and the benefit of a lifetime of study to his Civil War career. Perhaps no one will ever completely capture Sherman, but McDonough's wide net snares more than enough of the new with the old to make this a life well worth reading.
William C. Davis, author of Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged A vigorous military biography....welcome reading for any student of Civil War history.
Starred review
Starred Review [McDonough] tells this story well.
Thomas E. Ricks Sherman's is surely a fascinating American life, in war and peace alike, and this packed book will beguile a whole summer with ease.
John Timpane Masterly...the product of a historian's lifelong study....a full-blooded narrative.
Carl Rollyson [McDonough] offers a great deal of shrewd military analysis, but what gives the book its vigor is [his] presentation of Sherman's propulsive personality.
Richard Snow McDonough...adroitly weaves his prodigious knowledge of Civil War-era America into this behemoth biography as he brilliantly captures Gen. Sherman's personality.... an exhaustive biography told with considerable narrative skill. James McDonough's William Tecumseh Sherman is the first major biography of this complex, challenging figure in almost a quarter century, and it is deeply researched and thoughtfully presented. Engagingly written, it brings new perspective to Sherman's pre-war years and the benefit of a lifetime of study to his Civil War career. Perhaps no one will ever completely capture Sherman, but McDonough's wide net snares more than enough of the new with the old to make this a life well worth reading.
William C. Davis, author of Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged A vigorous military biography....welcome reading for any student of Civil War history.
Starred review