2. In addition to the Lost Cause mythos, Lee's reputation has benefitted from the strange aristocratic bias of military analysis (or rather military fandom).
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3. There's a real tendency among military fanboys to exalt aristocratic losers (not just Lee but Rommel & Heinz Guderian) over the plebes who actually, you know, win wars (Grant, Sherman, Zhukov, Giap).
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4. Some more thoughts on the still not dead cult of Robert E. Lee, with some assists from Ulysses Grant, W.E.B. Du Bois, &
@AdamSerwerhttps://jeetheer.substack.com/p/robert-e-lee-loses-again?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …Show this thread
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He does know Lee lost, right?
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Plus, Pickett’s Charge would not have worked against the Taliban either.
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I just think he's unnecessary, America was capable of losing that war without his help
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Did he get Dinesh to write that nonsense for him?
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You might enjoy reading this Jeet. I know you have mentioned Gone With The Wind before -- it gave voice to the Lost Cause myth. Much of today's MAGA movement is recognizable in Mitchell's voice.https://theoddpost.com/2021/09/05/gone-with-the-wind-it-never-went-anywhere/ …
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