The destructive war: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans
War and military biography, United States history, War
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Examines how Americans became involved in civil war, what they expected to gain from it, and their understanding about what they had done. Royster contends that generals on both sides envisioned the total destruction of their opponent from the beginning,… contrary to the limited-conflict version sometimes advanced by historians. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. 1991.