... it offers a sure; quick; eyewitness assessment of all Lee's campaigns." ―Southern PartisanWalter Taylor was "first to last the closest" of all staff officers to General Robert E. Lee; and his intimate relationship with his commander gives Taylor's writings signal importance in any study of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. A recognized classic; Four Years with General Lee first appeared in 1877 and was a collector's item by the turn of the century. This annotated edition; first published in 1962; was prepared by noted Civil War historian James I. Robertson; Jr.; who has provided a new introduction for this paperback reissue.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Extremely useful for anyone interested in the Israeli-Palestinian-Jewish-Arab-Muslim conflict and in BDSBy The MayorThough I don't fully agree with Nelson's take on a number of positions; I still think this book is extremely useful for anyone interested generally in the Israeli-Palestinian-Jewish-Arab-Muslim conflict; and particularly in the very timely and controversial issues of the Boycott; Divestment; and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. Most people think the two-state solution is dead (on both sides) these days; but Nelson believes it is very much alive and worth pursuing -- but whether you agree with him or not you will find an incredible amount of useful information in this book to support (and challenge) your point of view. Most of all this book is crucial for articulating -- not so much directly; but between the lines of the encyclopedic entries -- an extremely important position: one which is fundamentally supportive of the existence of Israel while rejecting its "occupation" of the West Bank and rejecting BDS. This position is important because it is so unstable -- so many who object to the "occupation" in fact object to Israel's very existence; while so many who genuinely support Israel also defend the "occupation" (or even deny that it is accurately described as an "occupation"). This middle position makes enemies on both sides -- the anti-Israel crowd is mad because this position rejects BDS; and the pro-Israel crowd is mad because this position fuels the anti-Israel crowd. There is thus tremendous intellectual and social pressure to "pick a side": either support Israel fully; period; including the "occupation;" or reject it; fully; period; 1948-style. Nelson is one of the few who can pull of this middle ground; articulate it; defend it; make it reasonable; and thus his work compels close attention. Again; the book only defends this ground "between the lines" -- and you don't need to agree with him to find a tremendous amount of important material very usefully organized. In short -- absolutely must reading for anyone interested in these issues.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Eggregiously biased while; oddly; claiming "objectivity" and rife ...By ASFPROFEggregiously biased while; oddly; claiming "objectivity" and rife with fallacious reasoning. Apart from being a hit piece on Judith Butler and "political correctness" (utilized in-text with all the evacuated vapidity of conservative media); the takeaway is that any critique of Israel as a state is pro forma anti-semitism; a dully reductive form of defensive posture which; while certainly concise; does little in the way of guiding any not already assured of the assumed general amorality of Islam and Arabs. Frankly; I'm shocked it cleared peer review.4 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Your Dream Come True!By Gabriel BrahmA towering work of staggering genius! If I hadn't already coedited a similar book with the editor of this one; I'd say it was one of a kind and the premier volume out there. In any event; it has everything you need to mount a well-informed rebuttal of all the BDS nonsense that circulates these days; through much of academia in particular; like an open sewer. In this relatively compact; readable; eminently useful format; DREAMS DEFERRED is a must-have for all 21st-century Zionists. Definitely do *not* defer your purchase of this masterpiece of ethically impeccable; liberal two-state Zionism. The map to a just settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute is here. Cary Nelson has shown us the way. It certainly does not pass through another boycott of the Jews.
