The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War

People educated in the "politically correct" schools, post-1960 are likely to be shocked, or at least surprised, and I don't doubt many will decry many facts described in this book as lies. The great thing about it is that they are not lies and if a truly objective historian digs into the matter they find overwhelming proof that this "version" of History is a LOT more accurate than the writings since the 1960s. But "shock value" is not the only value in those "inconvenient Truths". Realizing them helps achieve a vastly more clear understanding of our heritage in its' many elements. The modern habit of portraying the Civil War as "about Slavery" is not only 95% incorrect but hides from the student and citizen at least 95% of the National Character of those times. While many political activists will say we have not "fixed" racial discrimmination even today - it is also true that we have not "fixed" States' Rights or sectional conflicts, or foreign policy or religious feedom, or even the powers of the branches of the Federal Government even Today. And the journeys we've been on in those venues are as much the essence of "We, the People" as anything. Contrary to the loudest wailers of the Today. It is NOT "All about Race", and it never was.

This book not only includes some fascinating historical information, it makes for entertaining reading as the author delves into the lives of several Union and Confederate generals to reveal a much different picture of the era and the conflict.

Americans believe in their hearts that the history they learned in school was largely objective and untainted by any prejudice, but in reality "political correctness" has become the rallying cry of a religion no less intolerant than the Medieval Church that imprisoned Galileo for his beliefs. This book unmasks the fraud of the modern historical view of the "War of Northern Aggression". That the victors have indeed written the history of the "Civil War" is no where more apparent than in the prevalent view of this conflict, and Mr. Crocker unmasks this deception with wit and charm. When I first read this book I thought perhaps Mr. Crocker had stepped a little over the line, but in reviewing this gem I must say he is actually exactly correct on every point. I would have liked to see more of an economic analysis since 30% of the U.S. population (the South) was providing at least 70% of the income to the Federal Government. This was because the only important taxes that supported the Federal Government were Tariffs and Customs Revenues, and Cotton and Timber from the South were America's only important exports. But, Government expenditure was controlled by the North who could out-vote the South, and this led to unhappiness and was certainly the basic economic cause of the war. Aside from this, Mr. Crocker has done a masterful job of shining light on many truths usually hidden in this modern "Dark Age" in which we live.

To the victor goes the spoils, and greatest of these is the right to compose the approved history. That history has been taught to generations of schoolchildren, and embraced by biased, completely indoctrinated historians and educators. Now, after 143 years, the facts regarding a government gone astray from the visions of the Founding Fathers, Taxation and Tariffs, Mr Lincoln's political objectives, and the South's decision to legally and constitutionally secede from unbearable tyranny finally see the light of day. It is becoming more and more difficult for the indoctrinated to assert the simplistic explanation that "the Civil War was over slavery" as insurmountable evidence to the contrary becomes available to the public. In fact, the War for Southern Independence was not a "civil war" at all (the South sought not control of a central government, but freedom from same, and the constitutional establishment of their own government). The dreams of the Founding Fathers ended in 1865. States Rights and individual liberty - as well as the noble democratic experiment itself - were irreparably altered by the Northern "victory." Southerners have known for generations that the Union victory was a defeat for all Americans. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War precisely why this is true. This book should be used in every history class in the United States. Given time, the concept of the "civil war" being over slavery shall be as laughable as the long undisputed concept that the Earth was flat. Deo Vindice.

In his newest work, Harry Crocker makes history come alive. The Civil War has not often been taught well in schools, with the teaching model focused on dates, and not individuals. In "The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War", as he did in his acclaimed book "Robert E. Lee on Leadership", Harry corrects this, making history entertaining, with humor and wonderful anecdotes. I cannot think of a better birthday or Christmas gift for any lover of history that this wonderful book.