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Title: Sophomoric
Review: Very poorly written book, simplistic in its viewpoint. The book appears to have been written by someone whose intent in writing the book was to discredit Lincoln and then searched for enough material to cherry-pick the negative and pseudo-negative episodes in his life to emphasize the dark side of the man. Could Lincoln have prevented the Civil War? Possibly -- but probably not, and if so, at what cost to his Presidency and the Union? At best, the outset of war might have been delayed, but that's all. What is lacking in DiLorenzo's analysis is an honest understanding of the Southern mindset for a good 50 years before 1860. DiLorenzo's claims fly in the face of contrary views of dozens of respected scholars and authors who saw Lincoln in an entirely different light.
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