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Sherman instituted tactics later generations of American war leaders would use in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, largely through the use of air power, Americans attempted to destroy enemy will and logistics in a doctrine colloquially known as 'shock and ____' in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
awe
Sherman is rightly called the American father of total warfare, a harbinger of the psychological tactics of the next ______.
century
Sherman proposed to split his Union force, taking 62,000 of his best troops on a destructive march, while Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas used the remainder to contain ______.
Hood
In these later conflicts, Americans attempted to destroy enemy will and logistics through the use of _____ power.
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Sherman had for a long time hated the idea of having to kill and maim Confederates, many of whom had been ______ friends.
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Major General William Tecumseh ______ was a contradiction embodied. He eliminated Atlanta's war making potential and brought sheer destruction to Georgia, then offered generous surrender terms. His vision of hard war brought the Confederacy to its knees, but forestalled thousands of battlefield and civilian deaths. One word still resonates more deeply in the American psyche than any other in the field of Civil War study: ______. The name immediately conjures visions of fire and smoke, destruction and desolation; Atlanta in flames, farms laid to waste and railroad tracks mangled beyond recognition. In our collective memory, blue-clad soldiers march with impunity, their scavenged booty draped about them, leaving a trail of white women and children to sob at their losses and slaves to rejoice at their emancipation. ______ himself is remembered through a nearly ubiquitous photograph, with a glare so icy it can chill us even across time. To average Americans, whether they are Northerners or Southerners, ______ was a hard, cruel soldier, an unfeeling destroyer, the man who rampaged rather than fought, a brute rather than a human being. The full story, however, is not this simple. Certainly, ______ practiced destructive war, but he did not do it out of personal cruelty. Instead, he sought to end the war as quickly as possible, with the least loss of life on both sides.
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Major General William Tecumseh Sherman was a contradiction embodied. He eliminated Atlanta's war making potential and brought sheer destruction to Georgia, then offered generous surrender terms. His vision of hard war brought the Confederacy to its knees, but forestalled thousands of battlefield and civilian deaths. One word still resonates more deeply in the American psyche than any other in the field of Civil War study: _______.
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The name immediately conjures visions of fire and smoke, destruction and desolation; Atlanta in flames, farms laid to waste and railroad tracks mangled beyond _______.
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In our collective memory, blue-clad soldiers march with impunity, their scavenged booty draped about them, leaving a trail of white women and children to sob at their losses and slaves to rejoice at their _______.
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Sherman himself is remembered through a nearly ubiquitous photograph, with a glare so icy it can chill us even across _______.
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To average Americans, whether they are Northerners or Southerners, Sherman was a hard, cruel soldier, an unfeeling destroyer, the man who rampaged rather than fought, a brute rather than a human being. The full story, however, is not this simple. Certainly, Sherman practiced destructive war, but he did not do it out of personal cruelty. Instead, he sought to end the war as quickly as possible, with the least loss of life on both _______.
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