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02866aam a2200469 i 4500 001 E37798106B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 150908s2015 dcu 000 0 eng 010 $a 2015029444 020 $a 1621574547 (hardback) 020 $a 9781621574545 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)908071236 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d OCLCF $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E487 .B65 2015 082 00 $a 973.7/13 $2 23 084 $a HIS027110 $a HIS027110 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Bonekemper, Edward H., $e author. 245 14 $a The myth of the lost cause : $b why the South fought the Civil War and why the North won / $c Edward H. Bonekemper, III. 264 1 $a Washington, DC : $b Regnery Publishing, $c [2015] 300 $a xi, 366 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-352) and index. 520 $a "The former Confederate states have continually mythologized the South's defeat to the North, depicting the Civil War as unnecessary, or as a fight over states' Constitutional rights, or as a David v. Goliath struggle in which the North waged 'total war' over an underdog South. In The Myth of the Lost Cause, historian Edward Bonekemper deconstructs this multi-faceted myth, revealing the truth about the war that nearly tore the nation apart 150 years ago"-- $c Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a The myth of the lost cause -- What was the nature of slavery in 1861 and was it a dying institution? -- Was slavery the primary cause of secession and the Civil War? -- Could the South have won the Civil War? -- Was Robert E. Lee one of the greatest generals in history? -- Did James Longstreet lose the Battle of Gettysburg and thus the war? -- Did Ulysses S. Grant win the Civil War simply by brute force and superior numbers? -- Did the North win by waging "total war"? -- Conclusion. 651 0 $a Confederate States of America $x Historiography. 651 0 $a United States $x Historiography. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Historiography. 651 0 $a Confederate States of America $x History. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Civil War, 1861-1865. 650 7 $a HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877). $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / United States. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 611 27 $a American Civil War (1861-1865) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351658 650 7 $a Historiography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00958221 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 7 $a United States $z Confederate States of America. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01205435 648 7 $a 1861 - 1865 $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220105020853.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E37798106B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search