The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, and the Americans: 0000 (Vintage Civil War Library) - Softcover

Royster, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679738789 ISBN 13: 9780679738787

Publisher: Vintage Books, 1993

Synopsis

From the moment the Civil War began, says the author in this fearfully vivid book, partisans on both sides were calling not just for conquest but for extermination. And both sides found leaders who would oblige--in the persons of Sherman for the North and Jackson for the South. Winner of the Bancroft Prize in American History. 16 pages of photos.

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Review:

"Royster's intriguing analyses fill every page with new information and offer a fresh interpretation of our bloodiest conflict...exhaustively researched, artistically written, brilliantly argued."

-- Boston Globe

"Parts of The Destructive War are as good as anything written...during the last generation...a masterful narrative."

-- Washington Post Book World

"A fascinating history of the ideas held by the people who fought the war...fresh, intriguing, philosophical." -- Detroit Free Press

"An illuminating interpretation." -- Wall Street Journal

Winner of the Lincoln Prize

About the Author:

Charles Royster is a historian, a teacher, and an author. He served as the Boyd Professor of History at Louisiana State University and is the recipient of the Bancoft, Parkman, and Lincoln Prizes. His works include Light-Horse Harry Lee, The Destructive War, and A Revolutionary People at War. He lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679738789
• ISBN 13: 9780679738787
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 560