description: 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 toward 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.
language: English
title: Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E. Lee and His Critics
titlecomplete: Duty Faithfully Performed: Robert E. Lee and His Critics
genres: Civil War, American Civil War
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Potomac Books Inc