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Terrible Swift Sword : The Life of General Philip H. Sheridan by Joseph Wheelan (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-10
0306821982
ISBN-13
9780306821981
eBay Product ID (ePID)
159843874

Product Key Features

Book Title
Terrible Swift Sword : the Life of General Philip H. Sheridan
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Military / United States, Historical, Military
Publication Year
2013
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Joseph Wheelan
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
16.5 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
355.0092 B
Synopsis
Alongside Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip H. Sheridan is the least known of the triumvirate of generals most responsible for winning the Civil War. Yet, before Sherman's famous march through Georgia, it was General Sheridan who introduced scorched-earth warfare to the South, and it was his Cavalry Corps that compelled Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Sheridan's innovative cavalry tactics and "total war" strategy became staples of twentieth-century warfare. After the war, Sheridan ruthlessly suppressed the raiding Plains Indians much as he had the Confederates, by killing warriors and burning villages, but he also defended reservation Indians from corrupt agents and contractors. Sheridan, an enthusiastic hunter and conservationist, later ordered the US cavalry to occupy and operate Yellowstone National Park to safeguard it from commercial exploitation., In this compelling and crisply written biography, historian Joseph Wheelan examines the life and wars of the indomitable General Phil Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil War, crush the marauding Plains Indians--and save Yellowstone., In this compelling and crisply written biography, historian Joseph Wheelan examines the life and wars of the indomitable General Phil Sheridan, whose leadership and aggressive tactics helped win the Civil War, crush the marauding Plains Indians,and save Yellowstone.