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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: WILLIAM T. SHERMAN: THE FIRST 'MODERN' GENERAL (GREAT CAPTAINS)
Description: He understands the psychology of war matters, and he is intent on trying to get the war over as quickly as possible.
We continue our series on Great Captains with a look at William Tecumseh Sherman, one of the more controversial figures in the Civil War due to his actions in the South during the latter stages. A brilliant leader who understood well the impact that war has on soldiers and societies, Sherman was credited by Liddell-Hart as being the first "modern" general. But as the architect of a brutal campaign that severly weakened the Confederacy, Sherman also invoked fear...