Cowboyway: “Let’s replace Napolitano in the sentence above with Ted Cruz.
The Cruz opposition would far outweigh the lonely Ted Cruz book.
Does that mean that Cruz is wrong...”
You misunderstand, my intention is not to weigh books in a physical scale, to learn which is heavier.
Rather, I’m looking for a list of books, recent or post-CW era, which spell out the Lost Cause mythology.
I presume such books exist, and others also which address the myths with facts & reason.
It just might elevate the conversation somewhat, if I could refer to a Lost Cause myth in one book as answered in another.
Cowboyway: “You like the nice little myth of yankee as hero as Southerner as the villain and are willing to publish whatever it takes to maintain the mythology.”
Such nonsense. We well recognize the courage, resourcefulness and good behavior of the vast majority of soldiers on both sides, especially Confederates who fought with fewer numbers & resources.
In that sense, they were all heroes, including leaders like Lee, Jackson & Forrest.
The villains were Slave Power politicians, Fire Eaters who first declared secession “at pleasure”, then provoked, started and formally declared war on the United States, sending military support to pro-Confederates in Union states.
And in the end they refused a negotiated peace until utterly defeated and forced into unconditional surrender.
So Southerners are not, we’re never villains, but their leaders, yes, big time.
If you seek the sort of imbecility that pokie laps up you need look no further than deloranzo.
But yet you dismiss and deny the belligerent role of disHonest Abe. Pathetic.