Title The enduring relevance of Robert E. Lee : the ideological warfare underpinning the American Civil War / Marshall L. DeRosa.

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Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2013.

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Description	1 online resource
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Defense of Traditional American Principles -- Confederate Constitutional Principles -- Political Obligation in a Federal Republic -- The Discerning Christian -- Lee's Two-front War -- Lee under Hostile Political Fire.
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Summary	While many people believed that the Confederate States of America was doomed to failure from the start because it was essentially an impracticable theory, Robert E. Lee claimed it was not the government but the leaders that failed. In The Enduring Relevance of Robert E. Lee Marshall L. DeRosa uses the American Civil War and the figure of Robert E. Lee to consider the role of political leadership under extremely difficult circumstances and the proper response to those circumstances. DeRosa examines Lee as a politician rather than just a military leader and finds that many of Lee's assertions ar.
Subject	Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Political and social views.
	Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.
	Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870. (OCoLC)fst00053327
	Confederate States of America. Army. (OCoLC)fst00539981
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
	Secession -- Southern States.
	United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861.
	Southern States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1865.
	Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
	TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
	Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
	Political and social views. (OCoLC)fst01353986
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Secession. (OCoLC)fst01110536
	War -- Causes. (OCoLC)fst01170331
	Southern States. (OCoLC)fst01244550
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	United States -- Confederate States of America. (OCoLC)fst01205435
Chronological Term	1775-1865
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form:	Print version: DeRosa, Marshall L., 1955- Enduring relevance of Robert E. Lee 9780739187876 (DLC) 2013036351 (OCoLC)858672845
ISBN	9780739187883 (electronic bk.)
	0739187880 (electronic bk.)

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