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In The Scourge of War, preeminent military historian Brian Holden Reid offers a deeply researched life-and-times account of William Tecumseh Sherman. By examining his childhood and education, his business ventures in California, his antebellum leadership of a military college in Louisiana, and numerous career false starts, Holden Reid shows how unlikely his exceptional Civil War career would seem.

Abi Amir Muhammad, su nombre verdadero, es una de aquellas figuras de la historia española que gracias a su celo fanático, su escasez de escrúpulos, su furor contra la cristiandad, pero también sus notables dotes de estadista y gobernante, han trascendido del terreno de la realidad al mito o viceversa al quedar su huella grabada en el acerbo colectivo español.