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Writing history.(Letter to the editor)
In your April 17 issue, a loyal American complained that your review of DiLorenzo's book, The Real Lincoln, failed to meet your normally high standards because it was biased toward the Southern view of the war; it portrayed Lincoln as a racist who wanted to ship blacks to other countries; and it overlooked the fact that America would have broken into pieces without Lincoln's decision to go to war. But his letter lacks objectivity. He said that the "official name" for the war by those who fought in it was the War of Rebellion.
He also said that a neutral term for the conflict was the "Civil War." It is a neutral term, but it isn't accurate; a civil war is, by definition, a war between two factions to control one government; of the federal government, the Confederacy sought, not control, but only nunc dimittis--to depart in peace. Congress recognized that, noting that the "War Between the States," the term used in The Real Lincoln, is both neutral and accurate.
Two-thirds of Confederate soldiers never owned a slave. Did they go to war so that other men could keep the slaves they wrongly held? No, Southerners fought for other strongly held ideals. One was the belief that a contract must be ...
- Real Lincoln not found in book; 'New look' merely 'Lost Cause'...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 4, 2002 700+ words
...during and after the Civil War. As Mr. Jaffa also...DiLorenzo writes as if the war were still going on...The story line of "The Real Lincoln" goes something like...of federalism. "The war," Mr. DiLorenzo writes...are wrong with "The Real Lincoln" that it is hard to...
- The Real Lincoln: a New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary...
- Magazine article from: Independent Review Gamble, Richard M. March 22, 2003 700+ words
...wage a barbaric total war to achieve his ends...Lincoln opened the gates of war and plunged his fellow...In many ways, The Real Lincoln is a sobering study in...something of a shock. The Real Lincoln ventures to cure the...political career and into the war, Lincoln promoted ...
- Not 'The Real Lincoln'.(LETTERS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 10, 2002 700+ words
...Owens' expose of the latest deconstruction of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas DiLorenzo's "The Real Lincoln" ("Real Lincoln not found in book," Civil War, May 4). Like the postmodernists of Europe or their feminist and racialist American disciples...
- The Real Lincoln.(Critical Essay)
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Ewers, Justin February 21, 2005 700+ words
...who freed the slaves and won the Civil War. When an interviewer asked him about...than a week after the end of the Civil War--this gilded image became gospel...hardened into hagiography. But is this the real Lincoln? Today, the question is very much alive...
- The Unreal Lincoln.("The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His...
- Magazine article from: National Review MASUGI, KEN October 14, 2002 700+ words
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln...Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo...Lincoln with being a racist, a war criminal, and the decisive...DiLorenzo then complains of the war measures Lincoln took after...
- Understanding Lincoln.(The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His...
- Magazine article from: Presidential Studies Quarterly Pinsker, Matthew March 1, 2004 700+ words
The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln...Agenda, and an Unnecessary War. By Thomas J. DiLorenzo...took place years after the war had ended. The author notes...helped drive the nation into war and whose fortitude repeatedly...
- An honest look at Abe: Abraham Lincoln is usually regarded as a saintly figure,...
- Magazine article from: The New American Dwyer, John J. March 20, 2006 700+ words
The Real Lincoln, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo...landmark book The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham...and an Unnecessary War? If not, ask yourself...rejection of the Just War principles formulated...DiLorenzo and The Real Lincoln have stirred up a...
- Misreading Lincoln.(LETTERS)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times May 12, 2002 700+ words
...logic and interpretation ("Real Lincoln not found in book," Civil War, May 4). Actually, the...a scholar giving us "The Real Lincoln" would read for himself...weird pathology of "The Real Lincoln." Seeing is believing...
Source: HighBeam Research, Writing history.(Letter to the editor)