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Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E. Lee and His Critics
Duty Faithfully Performed Robert E Lee and His Critics Author:John M. Taylor Confederate Civil War general Robert E. Lee has not had a good press in recent years. Beginning with Thomas Connelly's The Marble Man in 1977, historians have written books designed to topple him from his lofty pedestal. Now comes a major rebuttal of recent works. Focussing on Lee's personal life and his military ability, on his attitude towa... more »rd slavery, and on the erst-while Confederacy's Lee "cult", Duty Faithfully performed counters these revisionist criticisms with a forceful defense of General Lee's character and general accomplishments.« less