Lee and Me is a non-history book that is so historically irrelevant it doesn't even have an index. Reynolds would know because he was a very fine naval historian who had written several important books and served on the faculty of the United States Naval Academy, and as Chair of the Department of Humanities at the United States Merchant Marine Academy. He told me on several occasions about the condescension of other faculty members toward military historians and the military itself.ĭr. One of my professors at the College of Charleston in 1999, when I was a middle-age student, was Dr. Most of academia looks down on the military and military personnel. 1įor Seidule to write such an embarrassing screed on his way into academia is understandable. He has gone from the United States Military Academy at West Point, to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Lee and Me is a desperate plea by Seidule for academia to "please PLEASE like me!" Academia is Seidule's new home. Lee and (Woke General) Please Like Me.Īll of these reviews note that the tone of Robert E. Lee and Me, including historian Phil Leigh who produced the video, Robert E. A number of good historians have written reviews recently of Ty Seidule's book, Robert E.
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