title: The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War
author: Thomas J. Dilorenzo
description: "A devastating critique of America's most famous president."<br />Joseph Sobran, commentator and nationally syndicated columnist<br /><br />"Today's federal government is considerably at odds with that envisioned by the framers of the Constitution. Thomas J. DiLorenzo gives an account of how this came about in <i>The Real Lincoln</i>."<br />Walter E. Williams, from the foreword<br /><br />"A peacefully negotiated secession was the best way to handle all the problems facing America in 1860. A war of coercion was Lincoln's creation. It sometimes takes a century of more to bring an important historical event into perspective. This study does just that and leaves the reader asking, 'Why didn't we know this before?' "<br />Donald Livingston, professor of philosophy, Emory University<br /><br />"Professor DiLorenzo has penetrated to the very heart and core of American history with a laser beam of fact and analysis."<br />Clyde Wilson, professor of history, University of South Carolina, and editor, <i>The John C. Calhoun Papers</i>
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  #### Abraham Lincoln and the Union
  
  
  [I. THE TWO NATIONS OF THE
  REPUBLIC](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_001.html#filepos4087)
  
  [II. THE PARTY OF POLITICAL
  EVASION](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_001.html#filepos26979)
  
  [III. THE POLITICIANS AND THE NEW
  DAY](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_001.html#filepos52159)
  
  [IV. THE
  CRISIS](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_001.html#filepos75519)
  
  [V.
  SECESSION](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_001.html#filepos102793)
  
  [VI.
  WAR](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_001.html#filepos129020)
  
  [VII.
  LINCOLN](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_002.html#filepos158161)
  
  [VIII. THE RULE OF
  LINCOLN](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_002.html#filepos178104)
  
  [IX. THE CRUCIAL
  MATTER](Abraham%20Lincoln%20and%20the%20Union%2c_split_002.html#filepos211280)
  
  [X. THE SECRETARY OF THE
  TREASURY](Abrah