Re: Civil War arguments
Certainly the bloodiness of the Civil war can be attributed to the:
"1) The Minet Ball
2) Field Fortifications
3) Stupid Generalship."
But it is specifically Sherman's March which was the first real implementation of the total war concept. And this concept is absolutely immoral. It is more immoral than slavery, and has since contributed to more death and destruction than American slavery ever did or possibly could have.
The total war concept was also implemented against the Plains Indians by destruction of the Buffalo.
It is an example of using a greater evil to stamp out a smaller evil.
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