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Demon of the Lost Cause : Sherman and Civil War History /
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...
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Columbia, Mo. :
University of Missouri Press,
2011
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| Collection: | Shades of blue and gray series.
Book collections on Project MUSE. |
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| Résumé: | 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. |
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| Description: | Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (202 pages): ill., ports., digital file. |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-180) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826272669 |
| Accès: | Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |