Robert E. Lee: A Life with Allen C. Guelzo // The American Story

The American Story with David M. Rubenstein
Recorded March 30, 2022
Robert E. Lee: A Life
Allen C. Guelzo
Since betraying his nation in a bloody fight to uphold slavery, Robert E. Lee has long been a source of fascination even beyond the racist mythology of the Lost Cause. With his deceptively genteel demeanor, Lee’s wealthy but scandal-ridden upbringing in Virginia and his long career in the U.S. Army eventually led him to a treasonous fight for slavery. Award-winning historian Allen C. Guelzo takes a hard look at Lee’s character and legacy, both of which continue to sow division in American society today.
Allen C. Guelzo, a three-time Lincoln Prize winner and senior research scholar at the Council of Humanities at Princeton University, is the author of Robert E. Lee: A Life. David M. Rubenstein (moderator), co-founder and co-chairman of the Carlyle Group, is the author of How to Invest: Masters on the Craft and the host of History with David Rubenstein on PBS.
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[@redthepost]

Guelzo nailed it. Talk about complicated! Thank you for this presentation.

[@pkneeno]

I gotta buy the book! Also,,,"Jefferson Davis: American" by Cooper is an excellent read. "We don't live in the past, but the past lives in us."