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 unyielding intellect. Intensely loyal to superior officers, especially Ulysses S. Grant, he was also a stalwart individualist.'

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451471350
• ISBN13: 9780451471352
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher