The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Civil War

Having already read the P.I.G. to American History, I thought I would read this book as an expansion of some of the themes covered during its own rendition of the Civil War. This book is a very interesting take of some of our most cherished beliefs about the Civil War and the many many characters an......more

Some of the factoids are interesting, but this is such a skewed version of civil war history that after a bit one begins to doubt much of what is written. Yes, it was a war about union, but slavery and union were inextricably intertwined. Read the declarations of secession. Slavery and secession wer......more

You cannot read this book without thinking three thoughts: 1) This book is nothing more than the lost cause mythos veiled under "politically incorrect", or 2) This book is nothing more than poor scholarship, or 3) This book is a legitimate attempt at presenting counterpoint to prevelant scholarship. I'l......more

Thoroughly researched 'dummies' type guidebook that gives a passionate and reasoned defense of the southern cause. Prepare to have many sacred cows and long-standing perceptions shattered by irrefutable quotes and documentation. The South may not rise again but Mr. Crocker certainly raises up the mu......more

This book suffers from all of the problems that one would expect from a book that tries to take up the side of the Confederacy.  None of this should be surprising to anyone who has studied, for example, the genuinely restrained nature of Northern efforts in the war [1] or the frankly racist slave-ba......more