HART, B.H. Liddell [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American.
"Among men who rise to fame and leadership two types are recognizable-those who are born with a belief in themselves and those in whom it is a slow growth dependent on actual achievement": B. H. Liddell Hart's Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American; From the Library of William Tecumseh Sherman
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1929.
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Philip Tecumseh's copy of this distinguished biography of "the most original genius of the American Civil War;" from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original navy blue cloth, top stain red, frontispiece of General Sherman, illustrated with several folding maps. Philemon Tecumseh Sherman's bookplate adhered to the front free endpaper beneath his ownership signature. In near fine condition. This book was inherited by General Sherman's son P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, before he died. Eleanor was the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria "Minnie" Ewing Sherman Fitch. Until now, the book was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Sir Basil Liddell Hart was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. He wrote a series of histories of major military figures through which he advanced his ideas that the frontal assault was a strategy bound to fail at great cost in lives. His ideas influenced Neville Chamberlain, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, who argued in discussions of the Defence Policy and Requirements Committee for a strong air force, rather than a large army that would fight on the Continent. At the height of his popularity, John F. Kennedy called Liddell Hart "the Captain who teaches Generals."
Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American.
$375.00
Out of Stock