American General: The Life and Times of William Tecumseh Sherman

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A century and a half after the Civil War, Sherman remains one of its most controversial figures. In this remarkable reassessment of Sherman's life and career, Eisenhower finds in Sherman a man of startling contrasts, and takes readers from his Ohio origins and his fledgling first stint in the Army to his years as a businessman in California and his hurried return to uniform at the outbreak of the war. From Bull Run through to Sherman's epic March to the Sea, Eisenhower offers up a fascinating narrative of a military genius whose influence helped preserve the Union.

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Brilliantly written and researched biographya must read.Douglas Brinkley

John S. D. Eisenhower, who knows something about generals and soldiering, has written a marvelous biography of a much misunderstood man.Evan Thomas

Only U.S. Grant could have written a truer portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman.Sidney Blumenthal

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John S. D. Eisenhower was a brigadier general (Army Reserves), a U.S. ambassador to Belgium during the Nixon administration, and the author of numerous works of military history and biography. The son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, he lived in Maryland.