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Published on: 2015-08-25
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General Robert E. Lee is well known as a major figure in the Civil War. However, by removing Lee from the delimiting frame of the Civil War and placing him in the context of the Republic's total history, Dowdey shows the "eternal relevance" of this tragic figure to the American heritage. With access to hundreds of personal letters, Dowdey brings fresh insights into Lee's background and personal relationships and examines the factors which made Lee that rare specimen, “a complete person.” In tracing Lee's reluctant involvement in the sectional conflict, Dowdey shows that he was essentially a peacemaker, very advanced in his disbelief in war as a resolution.Lee had never led troops in combat until suddenly given command of a demoralized, hodgepodge force under siege from McClellan in front of Richmond. In a detailed study of Lee's growth in the mastery of the techniques of war, he shows his early mistakes, the nature of his seemingly intuitive powers, the limitations imposed by his personal character and physical decline, and the effect of this character on the men with whom he created a legendary army. It was after the fighting was over that Dowdey believes Lee made his most significant and neglected achievement. As a symbol of the defeated people, he rose above all hostilities and, in the wreckage of his own fortunes, advocated rebuilding a New South, for which he set the example with his progressive program in education. The essence of Lee's tragedy was the futility of his efforts toward the harmonious restoration of the Republic with the dissensions of the past forgotten.Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home. Harper Lee - Author - Biography.com Harper Lee is best known for writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning best-seller To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) and Go Set a Watchman (2015) which portrays the later years ... Tim Berners-Lee Biography -Biography Online Tim Berners-Lee Biography. Tim Berners Lee is a British computer scientist who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web (WWW). Berners-Lee enabled a system to be ... Brandon Lee - Biography - IMDb Born in Oakland California USA Brandon Lee spent the first eight years of his life in Hong Kong. By the time he was able to walk he was already involved in ... Rob Lee - Wikipedia Rob Lee; Personal information; Full name: Robert Martin Lee: Date of birth 1 February 1966 (age 51) Place of birth: Plaistow London England: Height: 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Lee Majors - Television Actor - Biography.com Read about how actor Lee Majors' stint as bionic Steve Austin in the ABC series The Six Million Dollar Man catapulted him to cult status on Biography.com. Alvin Lee - Biography Alvin Lee - Biography 1944 - 2013. Born in Nottingham England ALVIN LEE began playing guitar age 13 and formed the core of the band Ten Years ... BIOGRAPHY : Kathie Lee Gifford Kathie Lee Gifford has enjoyed a diverse and successful four-decade career as a television host actress singer playwright songwriter and author.
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