Edward H. Bonekemper III
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The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
8 editions
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2015
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A Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military Genius
12 editions
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2004
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How Robert E. Lee Lost the Civil War
3 editions
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1998
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Lincoln and Grant: The Westerners Who Won the Civil War
9 editions
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2011
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Grant and Lee: Victorious American and Vanquished Virginian
7 editions
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2007
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McClellan and Failure: A Study of Civil War Fear, Incompetence and Worse
2 editions
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2007
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“The Lost Cause tradition—as both a version of history and as a racial ideology—is still certainly very much alive in neo-Confederate organizations, on numerous Web sites, among white supremacist groups, in staunch advocates of the Confederate battle flag, and even among some mainstream American politicians.”
― The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
― The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
“Grant needed a win, went for it, and got it. Lee needed a tie, went for the win, and lost.”
― The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
― The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
“that good people fought valiantly for disgraceful causes. . . . But by joining the Confederate war machine, all of them, irrespective of their personal motivations, advanced their nation’s political agenda—the perpetuation and territorial expansion of human bondage and the misery that it entailed.”9”
― The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
― The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won
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