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The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
The Real Lincoln A New Look at Abraham Lincoln His Agenda and an Unnecessary War
Author: Thomas Dilorenzo
ISBN-13: 9780761526469
ISBN-10: 0761526463
Publication Date: 12/2/2003
Pages: 384
Rating:
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
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4.1 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Type: Paperback
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nccorthu avatar reviewed The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War on + 569 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Fantastic how Di Lorenzo takes the halo from St. Abraham. Recommended for any student of American History.
A2JC4life avatar reviewed The Real Lincoln : A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War on + 40 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
What an eye-opener! I wish I could convince every American to read this book. I expected it to support my understanding of Lincoln, but it did much more than that. It expanded my knowledge of the depths of Lincoln's awfulness. It provided me with background for the war. It deepened my understanding of the Constitution and the purposes for its wording. And it deepened my understanding of the effects of the war and so-called "reconstruction." Proponents of the so-common revisionist history will not like this one! Well-documented.
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Helpful Score: 1
The Book is alright. It highlights facts that are impending during the Civil War era. However the other is somewhat biast, in my personal opinion.
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A solid economic and political survey on Lincoln's war. It addresses the question of why America was the only country that ended slavery through war. The argument is that Lincoln was more concerned with centralizing power and destroying state's rights rather. It shows Lincolns innate racism and desire to send free blacks to Liberia or Haiti or anyplace except America. He also was an enthusiastic dictator who encouraged his generals to commit war crimes in the south.