Air Date: 121004
Subject: Winning and Losing in the Civil War
Book: Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 & Articles of War: Winners, Losers, and Some Who Were Both During the Civil War
Guest: Albert Castel
Summary: Albert Castel, author of the award-winning Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864, challenges some widely held beliefs about the war
Brett’s Summary: Initially, the talk was focused on the various military leaders in the North, but it moved to Sherman. Castel has a less than complimentary view of Sherman, one which he came to while working on Decision in the West. He believed Sherman to have been cautious and a poor tactician who was bailed out many times by Grant and Halleck, both his friends (though not necessarily friends with each other). He further believes that George Thomas would have done a much better job had he been in charge of the Atlanta Campaign.
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