A review of Robert E. Lee: A Life (Random House, 2021) by Allen Guelzo
“How do you write the biography of someone who commits treason?” asks historian Allen C. Guelzo in his new book Robert E. Lee: A Life. It’s a bit of an odd question for a historian to ask. Sure, treason is a terrible crime. But so are lots of things: spreading violent revolution, engaging in unprovoked wars with other nations, or having one’s wife (or wives) killed. And yet biographies of Marx, Napoleon, and Henry VIII abound. Presumably the authors of these books did not feel the need to anguish in their introductions over their subject matter.
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Presenting what an individual did and why (from their point of view) is known as "biography". If you can not see and understand the subject of your writing and just resort to a pre-packaged concept, it is "propaganda".
ReplyDeletePrecisely and and I imagine they put out books like this since they know the commies will pump it up.
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