This is thinking in public, a program dedicated to intelligent conversation about

frontline theological and cultural issues with the people who are shaping them.

I'm Albert Mobile, your host and president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville,

Kentucky.

Dr. Alan C. Gelso is the director of the James Madison Program Initiative on Politics and

Statesmanship, and he serves as a senior research scholar and the Council of the Humanities

at Princeton University.

Professor Gelzo is a distinguished American historian.

One of his most recent books, Gettysburg, The Last Invasion, enjoyed eight weeks as a New York Times

bestseller.

He received his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and since that time has authored numerous award-winning publications

He's written for outlets like the New York Times the Washington Post the Wall Street Journal and the journal First Things

He was also nominated for a Grammy Award for the production of the Lincoln Douglas debates for BBC Audio.

Professor Gelso's scholarship has been primarily focused on the American Civil War and his most recent book

Robert E. Lee alive is the topic of our conversation today.

Professor Gellzo, welcome to Thinking in Public.

Well, it's very good to be here with you again, Dr. Molar.

Well, it is always a privilege to have this kind of conversation, and once again, you have written a book that compels

not only public attention but our attention and I've been looking forward to

this conversation for some time.

Tell me how this book came to be.

In 2013, I published a book about the Battle of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, the last invasion.

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