An oftrepeated truism is history is written by the victors. The politically incorrect guide to the civil war book. The politically incorrect guide to the civil war posted in the history forum. Crocker iii charges through bunkers and battlefields in the politically incorrect guide to the. Constitution, and the bill of rights how the northern victory led to todays allpowerful federal government. It makes a perverse, but ideologically loaded, linguistic argument that the american civil war was not actually a. Certainly this has been the case of the war between the states. With the way history is constantly being revised and rewritten, it is refreshing to just get the facts, without a lot of lookingthroughtherearviewmirror.
The book provides an excellent balance between the political and military aspects of the conflict although with a somewhat greater. The politically incorrect guide to the civil war denver. While the focus of the book is centered mostly on the south. Crocker busts myths and shatters stereotypes as he profiles eminent and colorful military generals, including the noble lee, the controversial sherman, the indefatigable grant. This book is a joyful, mythbusting, rebel yell that shatters todays leftist and demeaning stereotypes about the south and the civil warand shows why, in the words of g. The politically incorrect guide tm to the south gives you the facts behind scores of revelations like these. Jan 26, 2005 the politically incorrect guide is full of dubious assertions, small and large. Human events editor jed babbin interviews harry crocker on his new book, politically incorrect guide to the civil war, available from regnery. You wont know the full story until you read this book, a quick and lively study of americas own iliad, a provocative and entertaining addition to the politically incorrect guide series. You dont know the full story until you read the politically incorrect guidetm to the civil war. In the politically incorrect guide to the civil war, as he did in his acclaimed book robert e. Solid, substantiated, scholarly, but fun to read, too prepare to be significantly more informed about the history of your own country, and brace yourself for a good bit of disillusionment and.
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