The man who would not be washington is directly tied to the idea that washington was a man who would not be king for this reader the meaning is centered on decisions in background was the decision by washington to lead a rebellion against great britain more central to the subject of the book is the decision of lee to join the confederacy in its goal to secede from the union it is no small irony that a decision centered on rebellion against perceived injustice would result in glory . The man who would not be washington robert e lees civil war and his decision that changed american history by jonathan horn on the eve of the civil war one soldier embodied the legacy of george washington and the hopes of leaders across a divided land. The man who would not be washington robert e lee s civil war and his decision that changed american history author wikictsnetorg uta boehm 2021 01 03 17 19 54 subject the man who would not be washington robert e lee s civil war and his decision that changed american history keywords. The man who would not be washington robert e lee s civil war and his decision that changed american history author wikictsnetorg franziska abend 2020 12 30 05 15 48 subject the man who would not be washington robert e lee s civil war and his decision that changed american history keywords. The subtitle of the book is robert e lees civil war and his decision that changed american history but lees decision to send gen george picketts troops on a suicide mission at gettysburg is