Lee Considered
General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History
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2010
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-6609-2 (ISBN)
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
978-0-8078-6609-2 (ISBN)
In this re-examination of the historical evidence, the author attempts to separate the Robert E. Lee of reality from the Lee of mythology.
Of all the heroes produced by the Civil War, Robert E. Lee is the most revered and perhaps the most misunderstood. Lee is widely portrayed as an ardent antisecessionist who left the United States Army only because he would not draw his sword against his native Virginia, a Southern aristocrat who opposed slavery, and a brilliant military leader whose exploits sustained the Confederate cause. Alan Nolan explodes these and other assumptions about Lee and the war through a rigorous reexamination of familiar and long-available historical sources, including Lee's personal and official correspondence and the large body of writings about Lee. Looking at this evidence in a critical way, Nolan concludes that there is little truth to the dogmas traditionally set forth about Lee and the war.
Of all the heroes produced by the Civil War, Robert E. Lee is the most revered and perhaps the most misunderstood. Lee is widely portrayed as an ardent antisecessionist who left the United States Army only because he would not draw his sword against his native Virginia, a Southern aristocrat who opposed slavery, and a brilliant military leader whose exploits sustained the Confederate cause. Alan Nolan explodes these and other assumptions about Lee and the war through a rigorous reexamination of familiar and long-available historical sources, including Lee's personal and official correspondence and the large body of writings about Lee. Looking at this evidence in a critical way, Nolan concludes that there is little truth to the dogmas traditionally set forth about Lee and the war.
Alan T. Nolan, an Indianapolis lawyer, is author of The Iron Brigade, a military history, and As Sounding Brass, a novel.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2010 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | black & white illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Chapel Hill |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 177 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 333 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8078-6609-1 / 0807866091 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8078-6609-2 / 9780807866092 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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