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Author Bonekemper, Edward H., author.

Title The myth of the lost cause : why the South fought the Civil War and why the North won / Edward H. Bonekemper, III.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Regnery Publishing, [2015]

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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  973.713 BONEKEMPER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Pearl Street Branch Library - Adult Department  973.7 BON    Check Shelf
Description xi, 366 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-352) and index.
Summary "The former Confederate states have continually mythologized the South's defeat to the North, depicting the Civil War as unnecessary, or as a fight over states' Constitutional rights, or as a David v. Goliath struggle in which the North waged 'total war' over an underdog South. In The Myth of the Lost Cause, historian Edward Bonekemper deconstructs this multi-faceted myth, revealing the truth about the war that nearly tore the nation apart 150 years ago"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents The myth of the lost cause -- What was the nature of slavery in 1861 and was it a dying institution? -- Was slavery the primary cause of secession and the Civil War? -- Could the South have won the Civil War? -- Was Robert E. Lee one of the greatest generals in history? -- Did James Longstreet lose the Battle of Gettysburg and thus the war? -- Did Ulysses S. Grant win the Civil War simply by brute force and superior numbers? -- Did the North win by waging "total war"? -- Conclusion.
Subject Confederate States of America -- Historiography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.
Confederate States of America -- History.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY -- Military -- United States.
American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
Historiography. (OCoLC)fst00958221
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
United States -- Confederate States of America. (OCoLC)fst01205435
Chronological Term 1861 - 1865
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781621574545 (hardback)
1621574547 (hardback)
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