Air Date: 120304
Subject: Union Military Leadership
Book: Sherman: A Soldier’s Passion for Order & Commander of All Lincoln’s Armies : A Life of General Henry W. Halleck
Guest: John Marszalek
Summary: Dr. John Marszalek, biographer of William T. Sherman and Henry Halleck, shares his views on some famous (and infamous) generals.
Brett’s Summary: Most of the interview centers on Halleck and Sherman. Marszalek goes over the lives and careers of each general. He discusses Halleck’s genius, his wealth, and his utter inability to make a decision when it mattered most. I found it interesting that Halleck’s friend later married Halleck’s widow, and that the three of them are buried together. Marszalek also covers Sherman, his difficult early life, the depression this caused, and the dichotomy of Sherman making hard war on the South while they resisted and offering such friendly (and illegitimate) peace terms at Bennett Place in north Carolina.
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