TY - BOOK AU - James Lee McDonough TI - William Tecumseh Sherman: in the service of my country: a life SN - 9780393354201 U1 - 355.0092 McDO PY - 2016///] CY - New York ; London PB - W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. KW - Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891; United States. Army -- Biography -- United States. -- Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 725-785) and index N2 - General Sherman's 1864 burning of Atlanta solidified his legacy as a ruthless leader. Yet Sherman proved far more complex than his legendary military tactics reveal. James Lee McDonough offers fresh insight into a man tormented by the fear that history would pass him by, who was plagued by personal debts, and who lived much of his life separated from his family ER -