Cultural Issues: War Scorched-earth policy
Description
This refers specifically to the events describing the destruction of Southern plantations, cities, railroads, etc., by Union forces during the Civil War. Frequently the narratives associate these actions directly with "Sherman," a hated name in Faulkner's South.
Parent Term
Sibling Terms
- Aerial combat
- American Revolution
- As metaphor
- Bivouac fires
- Capture
- Casualties of war
- Civil War
- Civil War consequences
- Confederate Army
- Cost of war
- Death
- Defeat
- Demotion
- Deployment
- Deprivation
- Destruction
- Displacement
- Draft
- Draft evasion / Draft dodging
- Fog of War
- Glorification
- Going to war
- Grand Army of the Republic / G.A.R.
- Homefront
- Insubordination
- Mercenary
- Mexican
- Military awards
- Military rank of general
- Military reassignment
- Noncombatant
- Patriotism
- Peace
- Pillage
- Plunder
- Prisoner
- Profiting from war
- Psychological effects
- Reconstruction
- Recuperation
- Refuge
- Return
- Return from war
- Return to war
- Revenge
- Royal Air Force
- Sabotage
- Spanish American War
- Spoils
- Stolen valor
- Strategy
- Surrender
- Trenches
- U.S. Army
- Union Army
- Unity
- War of 1812
- Women
- World War I
- World War II
- Wound
Tagged Events
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Year›Christmas
Cultural Issues: Age›War | Gender›War | War›Defeat | War›Homefront | War›Scorched-earth policy | War›Women
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Men | Absence/Loss›War | Objects›Letter
Relationships: Familial›Mother-daughter
Aesthetics: Typography/Orthography›Handwriting | Typography/Orthography›Italics
Environment: Atmospheric›Devastation | Time of Day›Night
Cultural Issues: Clothes›Cross dressing | Gender›Body | Gender›Clothing | Gender›Masculinity | Identity, Personal›Soldier | Slavery›Self-emancipation | War›Death | War›Scorched-earth policy
Relationships: Familial›Cousin-cousin | Institutional›Military | Romantic›Fiance
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Burning a town
Cultural Issues: Cultural Identity›North vs South | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War
Cultural Issues: War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War | Recurring Tropes›Endurance | Values›Durability
Actions: Military›Destruction of enemy property
Cultural Issues: War›Destruction | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›Loss of object | Texts›Civic records | Texts›Military reports
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses
Cultural Issues: History›Southern secession | War›Scorched-earth policy
Themes and Motifs: Absence/Loss›War