Robert E. Lee's Civil War

Military historian Bevin Alexander offers a view of Robert E. Lee's entire Civil War career, focusing on tactics and battlefield maneuvers. Alexander keeps the narrative moving with colorful anecdotes drawn from contemporaneous accounts, but the real value of his book lies in the detailed rendering of strategy and execution of the various battles. Alexander offers a fair appraisal of Lee as tactician, noting both his strengths and failings on the battlefield.