People educated in the "politically correct" schools, post-1960 are likely to be shocked, or at least surprised, and I don't doubt many will decry many facts described in this book as lies. The great thing about it is that they are not lies and if a truly objective historian digs into the matter they find overwhelming proof that this "version" of History is a LOT more accurate than the writings since the 1960s. But...
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This book not only includes some fascinating historical information, it makes for entertaining reading as the author delves into the lives of several Union and Confederate generals to reveal a much different picture of the era and the conflict.
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Americans believe in their hearts that the history they learned in school was largely objective and untainted by any prejudice, but in reality "political correctness" has become the rallying cry of a religion no less intolerant than the Medieval Church that imprisoned Galileo for his beliefs. This book unmasks the fraud of the modern historical view of the "War of Northern Aggression". That the victors have indeed written...
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To the victor goes the spoils, and greatest of these is the right to compose the approved history. That history has been taught to generations of schoolchildren, and embraced by biased, completely indoctrinated historians and educators. Now, after 143 years, the facts regarding a government gone astray from the visions of the Founding Fathers, Taxation and Tariffs, Mr Lincoln's political objectives, and the South's decision...
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In his newest work, Harry Crocker makes history come alive. The Civil War has not often been taught well in schools, with the teaching model focused on dates, and not individuals. In "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War", as he did in his acclaimed book "Robert E. Lee on Leadership", Harry corrects this, making history entertaining, with humor and wonderful anecdotes. I cannot think of a better birthday or...
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