Download or read book Lee Takes Command written by Clifford Dowdey and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In this? account of the emergence of Robert E. Lee, Clifford Dowdey proves the Lee?s aggressive military strategy -- reduced to the simple truism?a good offense is the best defense? -- made the Seven Days battle the single most significant military engagement of the war. Lee?s leadership of the Confederate Army over the next three years placed him among the world?s greatest commanders"--Jacket