Biography
Wayne Hsieh is a history professor at the United States Naval Academy. He served on the State Department's provincial reconstruction team in Iraq from 2008 to 2009 and is the recipient of multiple awards and honors, including the Army's Commander's Award for Civilian Service and the State Department's Meritorious Honors Award. Hsieh is the author of numerous articles and the co-author of The Savage War: A Military History of the Civil War.
Times

01:17 - Introduction

06:50 - Hostility toward studying Robert E. Lee

12:50 - Lee and West Point

15:18 - Senior leadership of Confederate and Union armies at West Point

17:17 - Lee's job as a junior officer in the Army Corps of Engineers

19:17 - Lee's rise during the Mexican War

23:27 - Ulysses Grant

26:21 - Stereotypes and temperaments of Civil War leaders

31:50 - What drives Lee's tactical decision-making

34:07 - Lee's strategic mistake


Recorded October 6, 2021