you with a biography of some of jackson's big boss, robert e. lee. tell us about yourself, and for those who don't know robert e. lee the way that some of us from the south do, tell us about that. >> well, i find myself sitting here a new yorker got to write about a virginian. but actually i count, i worked for many years for national public radio and i think i've learned a lot about just taking open mind to a subject and approaching it, going with the evidence takes you and not to be afraid of coming to conclusions that may come against the grain. i had encountered lead quite a bit in a number of my books before they're because i've written a lot about the eastern theater. so he had always sort of any character on the stage, but never in the spotlight. and i was kind of -- i was grateful for the format that this has, which is really compressed. so you really have to decide very quickly what was the important things to say and how do i get to the in an interesting manner. that jimmy was the challenge of writing this kind of book. and i realized when i

he wrote the biography of so much axson's big boss, robert e. lee. tell us about yourself and for those that don't know if robert e. lee in a way some of us from the south do, tell us about him. >> i find myself sitting here a new yorker who got to write about a half virginia and. i work for many years for national public radio and i think i learned a lot about taking an open mind to a subject in approaching it going where the evidence takes you and not to be at risk conclusions that mechem against the grain i encountered ely a lot in my books about the vehicle before because i had written a lot of the eastern feeder, so he would always sort of been a character on the stage and on the spotlight i was grateful for the format this house which is really compressed i had to decide quickly what were the important things to say and how to get to them in an interesting manner and that was to be the challenge of writing this kind of book and i realized when i first got into the civil war it was still the age of where the douglas freeman books and the clifford

bernard had robert e. lee on a plate or go kill those rebels. very patriotic letters.adam bado was an advocate after the assassination. but the breakdown of their relationship reveals kind of the cruelty and the ruthlessness of the heart of this star because once edwin put that play, our american cousin up on stage in boston, i think adam bado couldn't accept that and he couldn't accept edwin's coolness towards him after all of the labor adam bado had gone through to prove atoms in a sense. so their friendship ended in 65, but adam bado would go on to be general grant ghostwriter, helping him write his memoirs. and he also is the best source

bernard had robert e. lee on a plate or go kill those rebels. very patriotic letters.adam bado was an advocate after the assassination. but the breakdown of their relationship reveals kind of the cruelty and the ruthlessness of the heart of this star because once edwin put that play, our american cousin up on stage in boston, i think adam bado couldn't accept that and he couldn't accept edwin's coolness towards him after all of the labor adam bado had gone through to prove atoms in a sense. so their friendship ended in 65, but adam bado would go on to be general grant ghostwriter, helping him write his memoirs. and he also is the best source we have about edwin booth. he wrote a lot about edwin and the friendship and the character of his great actor. >> final question, what is your next book focusing on? [laughter] >> do you have any ideas? .. like this family sources again. the drama, the intrigue, the mystery, passions, the divisions in their letters were just exhilarating to read an extremely sad as well. and so, find another family to write about that matches the b

. >> now, some cadets like robert e. lee'sk of is on there and it gives you a rare glimpse of what the tough guys were like when they were teenagers and no bandarases in there. >> julie: really? peter, thank you very much. there is only wouldn't of me, in myanmar, activists and nobel peace prize winner angle san sue chy she won the country's last democratic election in 1990, in a statement the president described aung san suu kyi calls on myanmar's government to release thousands more political prisoners. a tragic blaze threatening the lives of animals, at a zoo. and, facebook temporarily off limits, for an entire country. as we go around the world, in 80 seconds. >> julie: germany, a fire tearing through a zoo in the nation's southwest region, at least 26 animals killed, it took 100 firefighters battling strong winds to control the blaze, an investigation is under way, to determine what triggered the fir fire. bangladesh, clashes between police and political activists, and the reuters are proteio rio demonstrators smashing ca

it was robert e. lee, stonewall jackson. davis was more popular at the end of his life than at the height. true for lincoln. for both men, after the fall, they became greater heros. here the end of his life, he went on the speaking tour. he was shocked. tens of thousands of people, woman, -- women passed out at his feet. veterans would become trembling. his wife on one occasion said you cannot meet more veterans. thousands of men touching you. and davis said i can think of no greater honor than to die in the presence of my men of the confederate army. this was not cowardly. in fact, i think i would say i don't think he ever really wanted to escape. i think he wanted to be on stage at the end. for the final curtain. he could have escaped. he could have fled the country. other members of the cabinet fled to foreign lands. davis could have been done the same. his view was as long as my soldiers are fighting, i can't abandon them. i can't abandon the country. so like abraham lincoln, he really didn't care in the end what happene

trudeau about robert e. lee. when he was in the appomattox campaign, looking at ultimately facing defeat, why did he reject the option of guerrilla warfare? can you explain that in military terms and moral terms? >> i have to explain it in class terms. robert e. lee was part of the leadership class of the south. wind you if think about the cauldron that was southern society with the slave population and the poor whites, biggest nightmare was social chaos. they saw the breakdown of an organized army where at least there were rules mostly followed. to turn into a guerrilla situation where there were no rules as being a worse option for a southern leader. when you look at various commanders, joe johnson, specifically, a presidential davis order to disband for that purpose, richard taylor fought any effort to bring his area of controlling to those bands. these were men for whom walt surrender was a terrible thing, social chaos was worse and it was made on that basis rather than a military basis. thank you. >> another