{"product_id":"shermans-ghosts-matthew-carr-9781595589552","title":"Sherman's Ghosts: Soldiers, Civilians, and the American Way of War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis \"thought-provoking\" military history considers the influence of General Sherman's Civil War tactics on American conflicts through the twentieth century (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To know what war is, one should follow our tracks,\" Gen. William T. Sherman once wrote to his wife, describing the devastation left by his armies in Georgia. \u003ci\u003eSherman's Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e is an investigation of those tracks, as well as those left across the globe by the American military in the 150 years since Sherman's infamous \"March to the Sea.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSherman's Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e opens with an epic retelling of General Sherman's fateful decision to terrorize the South's civilian population in order to break the back of the Confederacy. Acclaimed journalist and historian Matthew Carr exposes how this strategy, which Sherman called \"indirect warfare,\" became the central preoccupation of war planners in the twentieth century and beyond. He offers a lucid assessment of the impact Sherman's slash-and-burn policies have had on subsequent wars and military conflicts, including World War II and in the Philippines, Korea, Vietnam, and even Iraq and Afghanistan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In riveting accounts of military campaigns and in the words of American soldiers and strategists, Carr finds ample evidence of Sherman's long shadow. \u003ci\u003eSherman's Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e is a rare reframing of how we understand our violent history and a call to action for those who hope to change it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Carr\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595589554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595589552\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 93\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/2015 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015","brand":"Matthew Carr","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079403958527,"sku":"9781595589552","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c45f94ff-4eeb-4d02-9bb7-dd32ac187d90.jpg?v=1685480946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shermans-ghosts-matthew-carr-9781595589552","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}