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Sep 28, 2021 · The historian Allen C. Guelzo is a self-described Yankee partisan. In a dozen books on the Civil War and Reconstruction, he has portrayed the Union cause as a righteous enterprise. In the very ...
- David Goldfield
Jan 1, 2021 · But Guelzo, a practiced military writer (his Gettysburg is a worthwhile read), is almost the perfect man to do so. He is a talented writer with a great sense of pace, and while he shines in detailing Lee's military achievements, he doesn't give Lee's personal life the short shrift, either.
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Nov 24, 2021 · In his new book, “ Robert E. Lee: A Life,” the historian Allen C. Guelzo analyzes the career of the Confederate general, and attempts to understand the reasons behind his decision to fight ...
- Isaac Chotiner
Jan 1, 2013 · Allen Guelzo is clearly an accomplished writer and a man who understands not just the Civil War but also the America of the mid nineteenth century. The book is a heavyweight and is, to my novice mind, very comprehensive and yet pretty easy to understand; granted the sheer number of units involved at army and through to Brigade level does need some digestion but stick with it as these are key to the battle's events.
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Allen C. Guelzo’s fine biography is an important contribution to reconciling the myths with the facts.” —David Goldfield, New York Times Book Review “In Robert E. Lee, Allen C. Guelzo punctures the Lost Cause mythology without indulging in culture-war polemics, and he examines Lee’s life and moral culpability with a judicious eye.”
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Jun 28, 2013 · Guelzo quotes a New York soldier’s remembrance, and thereby demonstrates the challenge any military historian faces: “The reality of war is largely obscured by descriptions that tell of ...
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Sep 28, 2021 · Guelzo’s judicious comments on Lee’s ‘crime and glory’ might be a good place for America to start healing her present-day wounds.” —Andrew Roberts, author of Churchill, Walking with Destiny “At once bold and balanced, Allen Guelzo's portrait is one of a man who could be alone in a crowd, inspiring to millions, and yet forever isolated and contained by his own personality and self-imposed martyrdom. He was dominant facing enemy legions in the field, and yet passive to timidity ...
