"The Mighty Scourge"

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Book review by Jonathan Yardley.

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/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802563.html

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