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Title: Excellent Analysis
Review: This book not only gives a detailed account of the political motivations that prompted Lincoln to make war--not only on the people of the South, but also on the Constitution he was sworn to uphold--but also gives truly insightful economic analysis that is left behind in most books concerning the War for Southern Independence.DiLorenzo does an excellent job of laying the historical framework for the type of central state that Lincoln wanted to (and ultimately did) bring into place in the United States, shredding permanently the government set into place originally by the founding fathers.Those who have been taught to believe that Lincoln was a "good president" are in for a rude awakening, as DiLorenzo, through excellent research, exposes this view as the myth it truly is. Anyone who reads this book with an open mind will come away enlightened by the experience.I believe this book should be required reading in US history classes.
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