The myth of the lost cause : why the South fought the Civil War and why the North won /
"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 Sou...
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Washington, DC :
Regnery Publishing,
[2015]
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Table of 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