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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Moody, Wesley (1975-....)
Titre(s) : Demon of the Lost Cause [Texte imprimé] : Sherman and Civil War history / Wesley Moody
Publication : Columbia [Mo.] ; London : University of Missouri Press, c2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (190 p.) : ill., ports ; 25 cm
Collection : Shades of blue and gray series
Lien à la collection : Shades of blue and gray series
Comprend : The prewar years and the early war ; The Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea
; The commanding general versus the North ; The war of the memoirs ; Sherman's
last years ; Sherman versus the Lost Cause ; Embracing the Lost Cause ; Sherman
in film ; Sherman and the modern historians.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index
At the end of the Civil War, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman was surprisingly
more popular in the newly defeated South than he was in the North. Yet only thirty
years later, his name was synonymous with evil and destruction in the South. Here,
historian Wesley Moody examines these perplexing contradictions and how they and others
function in past and present myths about Sherman. Demon of the Lost Cause reveals
the machinations behind the Sherman myth and the reasons behind the acceptance of
such myths, no matter who invented them. In the case of Sherman's own mythmaking,
Moody postulates that his motivation was to secure a military position to support
his wife and children. For the other Sherman mythmakers, personal or political gain
was typically the rationale. In tracing Sherman's ever-changing reputation, Moody
sheds light on current and past understanding of the Civil War through the lens of
one of its most controversial figures.--From publisher description
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Sherman and Civil War history
Sujet(s) : Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) -- Opinion publique
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) -- Dans la littérature
Sherman, William Tecumseh (1820-1891) -- Au cinéma
Opinion publique -- États-Unis
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780826272669 (electronic bk.). - ISBN 0826272665 (electronic bk.). - ISBN 9780826219459
(erroné). - ISBN 0826219454 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42718915m
Notice n° :
FRBNF42718915
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
