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02-15-2007, 05:53 AM

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"The Mighty Scourge"

Book review by Jonathan Yardley.

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Another judgment cherished by Lost Cause fanatics is that states' rights, not slavery, caused the Civil War. McPherson meticulously demolishes this, yet without rewriting history in order to suit present-day sensibilities.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...020802563.html

Terry

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