It Wasnt about Slavery, Samuel W. Mitcham
It Wasnt about Slavery, Samuel W. Mitcham
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It Wasn't about Slavery
Exposing the Great Lie of the Civil War

Author: Samuel W. Mitcham

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 6 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/14/2020

Synopsis

Was the Civil War really about slavery? Or was it a war fought over money? Civil War historian Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. (Vicksburg, Bust Hell Wide Open) opens his fascinating new book, It Wasn’t About Slavery, with Dr. Grady McWhiney’s claim that “what passes as standard American history is really Yankee history written by New Englanders or their puppets to glorify Yankee heroes and ideals.” Relying on nineteenth-century sources, Mitcham lays out his case that slavery was not the primary cause of the Civil War and that the Civil War narrative taught in schools today is wildly misleading.

About Samuel W. Mitcham

Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. has been a professor of history at Henderson State University, Georgia Southern University, and the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and a visiting professor at West Point. He is the author of more than twenty books on World War II, including Hitler’s Commanders and Triumphant Fox. He lives in Monroe, Louisiana.

About John McLain

John McLain is an Audie Award nominated audiobook narrator and voice actor. He has narrated over 125 audiobook titles, including mysteries, westerns, thrillers, history, science fiction, and historical fiction. A proud member of SAG-AFTRA and the Audio Publishers Association, he and his wife live near Phoenix with their cocker spaniel, Tucker.

Reviews

Goodreads review by James on February 19, 2021

(Following review originally posted at Amazon website, from which book has been removed.) Dr. Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr, has written a number of books on history, primarily WWII military history (he has an entry in Wikipedia). “It Wasn’t About Slavery” is not a work of sober historical analysis, however;......more

Goodreads review by Pastor Greg on May 26, 2020

If I were to deduct a star for this one, it would be due to my disappointment that there wasn't MORE. But the saying is, "Leave them wanting more." So,... success! Of course, only "Civil War" history lovers would agree. And only those who understand why I put that in quotes will LOVE this one. Find ou......more

Goodreads review by Jack on August 23, 2022

The author argues that history is written by the victors, and the victors have falsely depicted the South as racist brutes. So it's ironic that he repeats the lie that the Germans of the 1930s considered Jews and Slavs to be subhuman. It doesn't occur to him that if mainstream history books lie abou......more

Goodreads review by Tommy Longmire on March 02, 2020

Best Yet! I have read about 50 books relating to the WBTS, slavery, Lincoln, and reconstruction. This is the best overall book yet. It should be used to teach about the war in schools across the country.......more

Goodreads review by Douglas on June 29, 2021

This is a work in progress because, at first I thumbed through it, then read excerpts, then, after readings reviews of this book on Amazon, which were all over the place, decided that it'd only be fair AFTER I read it the "old-fashioned way", i.e, painstakingly, cover-to-cover. Thus far, the book has......more

Quotes

“Dr. Samuel Mitcham has nailed down this myth for all times for those who have the honesty to hear the evidence. If it was about one thing, the war was about money, the intent of the ruling elements of the North to keep their profitable control of Southern land and people.” Clyde Wilson, professor emeritus, University of South Carolina

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