The Destructive War William T. Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and The Americans by Charles Royster 1991 Knopf Publishing Civil War history book
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 1991 Knopf Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are actually still crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Green hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with barely a hint of shelf wear and feature red cloth quarter trim with gold lettering along spine. The accompanying dust jacket is clean and shiny with only light shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 523 pages including index.
The Destructive War William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson and The Americans by Charles Royster makes clear the roots of violence and how zealots on both sides, patriots all, driven by their need for national identity, set out to validate their own regional definition of America by destroying those who had a different vision. The book reconstructs bloody battles, and actions such as the burning of Columbia, South Carolina and delves into the testimony of Sherman and Jackson, uncovering the beliefs on both sides. The author traces how the assumption that the war would be horrendous resulted in a willingness to make it so. He also draws attention to the misconceptions, illusions, and myths used to promote and explain the destruction. We see the Union embrace it and the South accept it. The book details the Civil War and the nature of war itself.
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