His adoptive father was a Senator as was his adoptive brother and he eventually married his adoptive sister. Sherman was orphaned at an early age and was adopted into a political family in Ohio who were friends of his parents. It's no exaggeration to say that his decisions, more than those of any other Union commander, won the war unless one counts Grant's support of those decisions and his judgement of character to trust Sherman. William Tecumseh Sherman was the best grand strategist either side of the Civil War produced and the second most able tactical commander after Lee. BH Liddell Hart was a professional soldier and also an extraordinary writer. In this case, I have no doubt: I loved both. Very often I am plagued by the question of whether I have enjoyed a work of biography because I liked the subject or because the quality of the writing was excellent leading me to like the subject. This book is not for everyone, but with the domestic events of the past few years being what they were I became curious enough to want to learn how the heck did we get to this? Since General Sherman was a major figure in this war, it only made sense to find out more about him. Secondly, the level of detail in this extraordinary biography is what makes history come alive for me. The Civil War is perhaps the darkest moment in American history and although I like to read about how it affected the daily lives of all Americans and learn what they were thinking and doing, I want isolated components of the war to be presented without any filter. And, try as they might, that bias leaks through.
I've found that nearly all American historians who write about the American Civil War have some degree of bias, whether it be for or against the North or the South. First, the author was a British historian. There were two important features of this book that really stood out for me. This book was released in 1929 and I'm fortunate enough to have found a really good original edition. Liddell and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895-1970) was an English soldier, military historian and leading inter-war theorist. download: Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American () by Hart, B. Navigate Linked Data Dashboard Tools Extras Stats Share. Sherman by the military theorist and author of Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon.
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