ebooks The Oldest Enigma of Humanity: The Key to the Mystery of the Paleolithic Cave Paintings by Bertrand David; Jean-Jacques Lefrère in History

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Is the Union voluntary or an agreement with no escape route? Setting the tone; John M. Taylor leads off by noting the travails of a respected ancestor. Major questions in America are explored; including differing views of the meaning of union. Though numerous issues led to war; most modern establishment historians generalize everything down to one. Pre-war and post-war years are largely ignored; trivialized; or sanitized. The four-year travesty of 1861-65 represents the most destructive period in American history and a change in the republic itself. The conflict-the agricultural South versus the North; where agriculture was important; but corporate; banking; and industrial interests swung the most weight. Jeffersonian States’ Rights meets Hamiltonian Nationalism. Modern portrayals of Lincoln perpetuate the winner’s narrative; facts that fall outside the politically correct script are cast asunder. A power-seeking individual such as Lincoln was required to transform a voluntary confederation into a top-heavy centralized government. Protectionist Whigs and other big government advocates created the centralizing vehicle-the Republican Party-to accomplish their goals. In 1860; they selected Abraham Lincoln to implement the agenda. Taylor shows how Lincoln and the Radical Republicans planted the seeds of leviathan we witness today.