Author:
Brady, Lisa M., 1971-
Imprint:Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.
Descriptionxix, 187 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:Introduction : nineteenth-century ideas of nature and their role in Civil War strategy -- Hostile territory : Union operations along the Lower Mississippi, 1862-1863 -- Broken country : Union campaigns at and around Vicksburg, 1863 -- Ravaged ground : Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864 -- Devoured land : Sherman's Georgia and Carolina campaigns, 1864-1865 -- Conclusion : making a desert and calling it peace.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-177) and index.