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Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe
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Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe |
Author: Thomas Dilorenzo
Published: 2006-10-10 |
List price: $22.95
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As of: December 02nd, 2008 04:07:37 AM
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 Lincoln Exposed
I heard about this book on "Pro Business With Dr. Mike Beitler," an internet-radio show about free-market capitalism. DiLorenzo exposes Lincoln as the statist empire-builder he was. Lincoln didn't care about individual rights, free markets, or America as the Founding Fathers invisioned.
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br /David Jacobs
What You Don't Know . . . Is Vast (and Statist)!
Thomas J. DiLorenzo has written a truly riveting work of history. Most historians write dull and droning narratives, but DiLorenzo is among the small and precious group that writes well.
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br /The subtitle of the book is "What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe." That subtitle is the give-away for the contents of the book.
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br /(1) You're not supposed to know that Lincoln was a dictator during the Civil War;
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br /(2) You're not supposed to know that he hated the Jeffersonian idea of states' rights and limited government;
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br /(3) You're not supposed to know that he was a rich trial attorney who favored corporations, particularly the railroad industry;
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br /(4) You're not supposed to know that the entire Civil War was judged by the Supreme Court after 1865 as unconstitutional and that Lincoln, in his suspension of habeus corpus, was judged by the Supreme Court as acting against the Constitution of the United States;
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br /(5) You're not supposed to know that his anti-slavery campaigns had nothing to do with his wanting to end slavery or with the plight of the African-American;
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br /(6) You're not supposed to know that Lincoln wanted a white America, particularly for the West, and that he made attempts to ship African-Americans off to Africa and Liberia, specifically.
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br /(7) You're not supposed to know that the real split between the North and the South was over tariffs, and that it was high tariffs (or taxes) that created the Civil War;
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br /(8) You're not supposed to know that when the end of the Civil War arrived, the Jeffersonian ideal of states' rights ended and the Hamiltonian notion of a totalitarian central government was made king of the land, a notion which vehemently reigns over the citzenry today; and
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br /You're not supposed to know that the so-called "greatest President in American history" was an early and American version of Stalin.
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br /This book leaves the reader wanting to know more.
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br /It is part of DiLorenzo's genius as a historian, teacher and guide that he foresees this hunger. In the Appendix, the author provides a variety of historians who have written books on all the topics raised in the previous chapters so that when the book ends, the unmasking of the truth about America's past can continue.
Lincoln Unmasked
Another good book by Thomas DiLorenzo. If you are interested in facts rather than the Lincoln loving lionizing propagandists.
br /Dale Roberts Author of Tales of Travis Hawkins McCleod
Read This Book!
Well worth the time to read. Break free from the State-run history taught in public schools!
A nice piece of critical analysis that pokes holes in the conventional view of history
Kudos to DiLorenzo for systematically presenting well researched arguments about the true nature of the Lincoln presidency. This book stands tall, especially when viewed in contrast to such works as Doris Kearns Goodwin' "Team of Rivals". "Team of Rivals" focuses almost exclusively on Lincoln's personality and political prowess, and misses essential points of the cause of the war (tarifs - not slavery) and Lincoln's desire to centalize power and authority (suspension of habeous corpus, shutting down of newspapers). This book focuses on Lincoln's actions, his political strategy, and unabashed use of Presidential power - at the expense of Congress, personal freedom, and ultimately thousands of lives. If you want to challenge your long standing understanding of the Lincoln presidency, this is the book!
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