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The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, And The Americans
by Royster, Charles
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394524853
- ISBN 13
- 9780394524856
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1991, First Edition. Hardcover Book in Fine Condition with a Near Fine Dust Jacket. 22 photographs and 6 maps. Jacket engraving of General Sherman by L. N. Rosenthal, 1984. Red cloth over spine with silver titles, forest green paper over boards, in excellent condition. Sewn binding tight, solid and square. A penetrating re-examination of this massively destructive war, with losses of people and property far exceeding expectations. Royster analyzes the violence that erupted so quickly and so uncontrollably, on both sides. He makes clear the roots of the violence: how zealots in both camps, driven by their own need for a national identity, set out to define their own regional definition of America by destroying those who had a different vision. 523 pp. Notes and Index. 8vo. 1991, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Synopsis
An examination of the polarized characters and careers of William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson creates a work that is at once a dual biography, military history, and analysis of the American penchant for patriotic bloodshed.
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- The Parnassus BookShop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029018
- Title
- The Destructive War: William Tecumseh Sherman, Stonewall Jackson, And The Americans
- Author
- Royster, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394524853
- ISBN 13
- 9780394524856
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - over 7
- Keywords
- UNITED STATES HISTORY, CIVIL WAR, 1961-1965 MILITARY LEADERSHIP
- Bookseller catalogs
- History. American;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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