Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American

B. H. Liddell Hart

Hachette Books, Jun 16, 2009 - History - 474 pages

When Liddell Hart's Sherman was first published in 1929, it received encomiums such as these:

"A masterly performance . . . one of the most thorougly dignified, one of the most distinguished biographies of the year."--Henry Steele Commager, New York Herald Tribune

"It is not often that one comes upon a biography that is so well done as this book. Nearly every page bears evidence of the fact that it is the product of painstaking and exhaustive research, mature thought, and an expert understanding of the subject in hand . . ."--Saturday Review of Literature

Contents

• II: 23
• III: 51
• STUDY OF A REALIST IN WONDerland: 66
• V: 83
• VI: 96
• THE FIRST OFFENSIVE IN THE WEST: 112
• SHILOH: 120
• THE Campaign of 1862 IN THE EAST: 137
• THE FIRST ATTEMPT ON VICKSBURG: 157
• THE MANŒUVRES AGAINST VICKSBURg 1863: 176
• THE FALL OF VICKSBURG AND ITS SEQUEL: 193
• BACK TO TENNESSEECHATTANOOGA: 208
• THE COMMAND IN THE WEST 1864: 227
• THE OOSTENAULACHATTAHOOCHEE DUEL: 253
• XVIII: 272
• XIX: 308
• XX: 331
• THROUGH THE CAROLINASCUTTING THE ROOTS: 356
• THE COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY: 380
• XXIII: 403
• INDEX: 432

About the author

Captain Basil Henry Liddell Hart (1895–1970) was one of the foremost military theorists of our time. His many books include Scipio Africanus, Lawrence of Arabia, The Rommel Papers, and Sherman (all available from Da Capo Press/ Perseus Books Group).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American
• Author: B. H. Liddell Hart
• Publisher: Hachette Books, 2009
• ISBN: 0786748257, 9780786748259
• Length: 474 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / General