Robert E. Lee and His High Command (Audiobook)
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Few events have captivated students of American history like the Civil War.
[list][*]Its battles are analyzed repeatedly, studied and "what-ifed" by professional tacticians and tireless amateurs alike.
[*]Its profoundly dramatic implications and moments have no parallels in our history, whether it be friend fighting friend, the end of slavery, or an entire society and way of life burned away, sometimes literally.
[*]Its most striking personalities seem somehow outsized, magnified beyond the ability of books or even legend to contain them.
[/list]Few among those personalities have ever held our attention like General Robert Edward Lee.
[b]An Embodiment of the Confederacy Itself[/b]
With his Army of Northern Virginia, he came to embody the cause of the Confederacy itself, inspiring a commitment from troops and civilians that eventually overshadowed even those given to its political leaders and institutions.
How did this come to pass?
In a war that produced no other successful Confederate armies, how was Robert E. Lee able to create and inspire an army whose achievements resonated not only across the Confederacy but also in the North, as well as in foreign capitals such as London and Paris?
[b]Answers to the Most-Asked Questions about Lee[/b]
This course addresses and answers the most-asked questions about Robert E. Lee and the men he chose to serve under him:
[list][*]What was Lee actually like?
[*]Was he someone whose character and ideas—as some have claimed—were mired in the past?
[*]Was he really an "old-fashioned" general who was too much of a traditionalist and gentleman to fight the kind of modern, ruthless war demanded by the times?
[*]Or was he a brilliant and aggressive strategist and tactician who understood exactly the kind of war he would need to wage, the size of his window of opportunity, and the kind of senior officers he would need if his strategy was to succeed?
[*]How did he choose those officers, and what personal and tactical characteristics did they share?
[*]What experiences shaped them?
[*]Why did they succeed or fail?
[*]How did what happened on the war’s extraordinarily bloody battlefields influence public opinion on the home fronts of both the Confederacy and the Union?
[*]And how did that opinion, in turn, shape the actions of Lee and his officers?
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[hide=Course Lecture Titles][list][*] 1. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia
[*] 2. The Making of a Confederate General
[*] 3. Lee's Year of Fabled Victories
[*] 4. Lee From Gettysburg to Appomattox
[*] 5. Was Lee an Old-Fashioned General?
[*] 6. The Making of the Mighty "Stonewall" Jackson
[*] 7. Stonewall Jackson as Lee's "Right Arm"
[*] 8. James Longstreet's Road to Prominence
[*] 9. Longstreet's Later Confederate Career
[*] 10. The Rise of Jubal Anderson Early
[*] 11. Early's Path to Defeat
[*] 12. "Jeb" Stuart as Soldier and Showman
[*] 13. One Promotion Too Many-A. P. Hill
[*] 14. Forced from Center Stage-Richard S. Ewell
[*] 15. A Straight-Ahead Fighter-John Bell Hood
[*] 16. Could Robert E. Lee Make Hard Decisions?
[*] 17. The Problem of Attrition
[*] 18. Younger Officers I-Robert Emmett Rodes
[*] 19. Younger Officers II-Stephen Dodson Ramseur
[*] 20. Younger Officers III-John Brown Gordon
[*] 21. Younger Officers IV-Edward Porter Alexander
[*] 22. Gifted but Flawed-J. E. Johnston and Beauregard
[*] 23. Drama and Failure-Magruder and Pickett
[*] 24. Before the Bar of History-The Lost Cause
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