General William T. Sherman’s March to the Sea was the first example of modern warfare. Both the destruction that Sherman instigated and his reasoning for doing it were seen before the Civil War. The tactics that Sherman used in his March to the Sea have been used in more recent wars as well as his ideas, truly making his March the beginning of modern warfare. In past wars throughout the world, armies would throw …showed first 75 words of 1146 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1146 total…psychological warfare to kill the spirit of the people of the enemy, which is modern warfare. This type of warfare to get people out of a war more quickly was used in other wars. One example of that would be the Atom bomb. The bomb was dropped to end the war with Japan more quickly by attacking innocent people, and it worked (Zook, 430), just as Sherman’s March to the sea did in the past.