American General: The Life and Times of William Tecumseh Sherman

by John S.D. Eisenhower

Book Overview

A century and a half after the Civil War, Sherman remains one of its most controversial figures-the soldier who brought the fight not only to the Confederate Army, but to Confederate civilians as well. Yet Eisenhower, a West Point graduate and a retired brigadier general (Army Reserves), finds in Sherman a man of startling contrasts, not at all defined by the implications of total war.' His scruffy, disheveled appearance belied an unconventional and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451471350
• ISBN13: 9780451471352
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher