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A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary WarMost Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the bloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire that rivaled Great Britain s In The Real Lincoln, author Thomas J DiLorenzo uncovers a side of Lincoln not told in many history books and overshadowed by the immense Lincoln legend Through extensive research and meticulous documentation, DiLorenzo portrays the sixteenth president as a man who devoted his political career to revolutionizing the American form of government from one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralized as the Founding Fathers intended to a highly centralized, activist state Standing in his way, however, was the South, with its independent states, its resistance to the national government, and its reliance on unfettered free trade To accomplish his goals, Lincoln subverted the Constitution, trampled states rights, and launched a devastating Civil War, whose wounds haunt us still According to this provacative book, 600,000 American soldiers did not die for the honorable cause of ending slavery but for the dubious agenda of sacrificing the independence of the states to the supremacy of the federal government, which has been tightening its vise grip on our republic to this very day.You will discover a side of Lincoln that you were probably never taught in school a side that calls into question the very myths that surround him and helps explain the true origins of a bloody, and perhaps, unnecessary war A devastating critique of America s most famous president Joseph Sobran, commentator and nationally syndicated columnist 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 come about in The Real Lincoln Walter E Williams, from the foreword A peacefully negotiated secession was the best way to handle all the problems facing Americans in 1860 A war of coercion was Lincoln s creation It sometimes takes a century or 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 Donald Livingston, professor of philosophy, Emory University Professor DiLorenzo has penetrated to the very heart and core of American history with a laser beam of fact and analysis Clyde Wilson, professor of history, University of South Carolina, and editor, The John C Calhoun Papers From the Hardcover edition. Best Read eBook The Real Lincoln Author Thomas J. DiLorenzo – kino-fada.fr Eleven chapters of, how shall I put this mildly, bovine waste.This book was urged upon my by one who found it compelling Finally, after a century and a half of myth based pseudo history propping up the image of King Lincoln , he told me, comes Thomas J DiLorenzo, an economist with a book exposing the truth about not so honest Abe.I ll admit to skepticism And I ll even admit that I had no real desire to read The Real Lincoln Whenever I m faced with a conflict between mainstream and fringe, Eleven chapters of, how shall I put this mildly, bovine waste.This book was urged upon my by one who found it compelling Finally, after a century and a half of myth based pseudo history propping up the image of King Lincoln , he told me, comes Thomas J DiLorenzo, an economist with a book exposing the truth about not so honest Abe.I ll admit to skepticism...Everything you know about Lincoln is wrong trust me This is another one of those books that takes a look at one of America s heroes , tears off the mask of patriotic romanticism revealing a scoundrel beneathLincoln was likely the worst President in United States history sound insane Read the book you ll be left with zero complaintsThe Civil War initially had NOTHING to do with slavery which would have been the only justifiable reason to wage it , it began, and was waged until Everything you know about Lincoln is wrong trust me This is another one of those books that takes a look at one of America s heroes , tears off the mask of patriotic romanticism revealing a scoundrel beneathLincoln was likely the worst President in United States history sound insane Read the book you ll be left with zero complaintsThe Civil War initially had NOTHING to do with slavery which would have been the only justifiable reason to wage it , it began, and was waged until Gettysburg on Lincoln s agenda to centralize federal power thus rewriting the Constitution Not until after Gettysburg with the threat of Great Britain and France joining in the confederate cause did Lincoln produce his ingenious in some sense emancipation proclamation in hopes of generating a slave rebellion in the South What they didn t teach us in schools was the North as Tocqueville mentioned was likelyracist than the south, and upon learning that the cause of the Civil War was not about preserving the Union but...Why was the United States the only country in the world to fight a war to end slavery Because the war wasn t about slavery Like all other wars, it was fought over money and power.Lincoln, the American Hitler, was the man who single handedly shredded the Constitution and fathered Big Government The Church of Lincoln has distorted facts and history to paint a picture of Lincoln in total contradiction of his real self and motives.Fortunately, this author demolishes these falsehoods with simple Why was the United States the only country in the world to fight a war to end slavery Because the war wasn t about slavery Like all other wars, it was fought over money and power.Lincoln, the American Hitler, was the man who single handedly shredded the Con...History as ignorant rant DiLorenzo portrays Lincoln as the peer of Hitler and Stalin, gleefully distorting history whether through misquotation, misrepresentation or outright lying He claims, for instance, the Emancipation Proclamation did not free a single slave he ignores that the Union controlled large swaths of the Confederacy by the time it was issued The 13th Amendment, where slavery was permanently ended through legal, constitutional methods Not mentioned once He pretends the war is His...Disturbing book The states had a right to secede from the union This was accepted at the time Constitutional amendments were proposed to prevent the right of secession The right of secession is in fact a key to controlling the powers of a central government.Lincoln entered the war without congressional approval, calling it a rebellion He blockaded the south, something that could only be done against a country with which we were at war He suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus without approv Disturbing book The states had a right to secede from the union This was accepted at the time Constitutional amendments were proposed to prevent the right of secession The right of secession is in fact a key to controlling the powers of a central government.Lincoln entered the war without congressional approval, calling it a rebellion He blockaded the south, something that could only be done against a country with which we were at war He suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus without approval from Congress The Supreme Court said that this was not constitutional, but Lincoln ignored it Lincoln then took control of the newspapers, imprisoning without trial on the order of 13,000 people People who voiced opposition to him.The emancipation proclamation was not declared until 1863 when the war was not goin...I ve been critical of Lincoln for years, but this book shows with meticulous research from the 18th and 19th centuries just how much this man is to be condemned for his lies, his powermongering, and his tyranny Historians have been stopping their ear...Some weeks back I was in an online discussion about good Lincoln biographies The book that received the most mentions was The Real Lincoln A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, by Thomas DiLorenzo Some brief internet searching revealed that the book is quite controversial and has been charged with gross distortion of history Nevertheless, I was morbidly curious enough to read it myself.DiLorenzo s stated goal is to get past the myths of Lincoln that he believes Some weeks back I was in an online discussion about good Lincoln biographies The book that received the most mentions was The Real Linco...I m a conservative that loves the U.S Constitution Was it a perfect document Nope Its largest failing was on the issue of slavery Hideous that to get all the original states to sign on that this had to be left to a future generation to fix and it needed it fixed There, that should hopefully lay aside the kneejerk reaction to what follows as being because I m some kind of racist It is a shame that I need to even add in this caveat, but such are the current state of affairs in our politi I m a conservative that loves the U.S Constitution Was it a perfect document Nope Its largest failing was on the issue of slavery Hideous that to get all the original states to sign on that this had to be left to a future generation to fix and it needed it fixed There, that should hopefully lay aside the kneejerk reaction to what follows as being because I m some kind of racist It is a shame that I need to even add in this caveat, but such are the current state of affairs in our politically correct, racially charged American environment.As I understand it from many others, I was fortunate to have a history teacher in high school who correctly emphasized that the Civil War was NOT about slavery So that part of this book didn t shock me My high school days were back in 1980 just as President Reagan was coming into office and I was confused ever since by the fact that 1 He rightly emphasized states rig...Not so much a history or biography as an apologetic for the mythos of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy DiLorenzo is correct in arguing that Lincoln and the North in general were not virtuous and sinless moral crusaders That cartoon history is the stuff of pop culture and grade school history textbooks DiLorenzo, though, uses this as a straw man to bat down as if it were actually representative of real histori...The central argument of the text is that Lincoln was acting unconstitutionally in waging war with the South i.e that states had the right to secede For instance, in regards to the Emancipation Proclamation, DiLornenzo states it was a war measure which in reality, the president had no power to dictate such a thing to a state government p.37 If the southern states seceded which all in the North and South admitted that they had as evidenced by the requirement that they accept amendme The central argument of the text is that Lincoln was acting unconstitutionally in waging war with the South i.e that states had the right to secede For instance, in regards to the Emancipation Proclamation, DiLornenzo states it was a war measure which in reality, the president had no power to dictate such a thing to a state government p.37 If the southern states seceded which all in the North and South admitted that they had as evidenced by the requirement that they accept amendments 13 15 , then we can no longer discuss Abraham Lincoln s relationship with Southerners as a President to citizens It becomes a matter of a Presidents relationship with enemy combatants in a foreign country As far as Habeas Corpus, Article 1 of the Constitutions states that it may be suspended in times of war What is unclear, and what the Sup...

The Real Lincoln
  • English
  • 09 June 2018
  • Paperback
  • 384 pages
  • 0761526463
  • Thomas J. DiLorenzo
  • The Real Lincoln