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Tag: Civil War

Madness, Genius, & Sherman’s Ruthless March (NC Moving Party Track #9)

Posted on June 7, 2013 by David Dobbs · Leave a comment

[Ed note: Originally posted March 2012. See note at bottom.] In 1864, in a move crucial to winning the Civil War, William Tecumseh Sherman led his army of some 80,000 men to Atlanta, burned it to the ground, and then marched to the coast of South Carolina, destroying almost all in his path. It was […]

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Is PTSD A Product of War, or Of Our Times?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by David Dobbs · 10 Comments

How long has PTSD been around? Is the response to trauma outlined in our current PTSD diagnosis something that has long happened to a subset of people facing trauma? Or did our current concept of PTSD rise from cultural and medical concerns and definitions peculiar to a particular time in history? This question is debated fiercely. […]

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Madness, Genius, & Sherman’s Ruthless March

Posted on February 13, 2012 by David Dobbs · 18 Comments

 In 1864, in a radically risky move crucial to winning the Civil War, William Tecumseh Sherman led his army of some 80,000 men to Atlanta, burned it to the ground, and then marched to the coast of South Carolina, destroying almost all in his path. It was a wild, improbable gambit: He meant to and did […]

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