having written that book, i have formed an apparently career-long association with william t sherman. people zynga think i am an expert on sherman, as well. and i have come to learn a fair amount about sherman, two, mostly in self-defense. [laughter] but i can to you that times are changing regard to sherman. and as with many things. 2014, anmmer of organization called public asking fora poll, the opinions on william t. sherman. you might imagine they would have opinions on the subject, given his famous urban renewal project. [applause] [laughter] in 1864. 56% had no opinion in georgia. 63% reported that y disliked reality tv star honey boo-boo. [laughter] apparently, the image of sherman have shifted over time. some of it interests me over the past year or so, it is taking seriously the concepts of the american civil war as an american iliad. , itby that, i mean to say is an episode in american history that we have certain stories that we tell ourselves that come out of the war, the kind of have a mythic resonance for us. en the same way there ar the same in homer. what it tells us a