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A review by cynragona
Robert E. Lee and Me by Ty Seidule
4.0
What I found excellent about this book and different than others I've read about similar topics is that the author is a middle-aged white man, a 30-year army veteran, a military historian, the former head of the history department at West Point, a W&L grad, and was boy and young man who grew up in the South revering Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause myth. Only through his own research did he come to realize how the myth was created and and why, and he's become an evangelist for correcting the record.
I think this perspective is important, because it shows that an incorrect view of Civil War history may not be the product of racist intent, and it can be changed. The way the author uses his own biography as an outline to educate the reader about history is creative and effective.
I give a 4 instead of 5 as the writing is good but not great, sometimes repetitive. A little more military history than interests me, but to be expected.
I think this perspective is important, because it shows that an incorrect view of Civil War history may not be the product of racist intent, and it can be changed. The way the author uses his own biography as an outline to educate the reader about history is creative and effective.
I give a 4 instead of 5 as the writing is good but not great, sometimes repetitive. A little more military history than interests me, but to be expected.