Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won | Edward H Bonekemper III
The former Confederate states have continually mythologized the South s defeat to the North, depicting the Civil War as unnecessary, or as a fight over states Constitutional rights, or as a David v. Goliath struggle in which the North waged total war over an underdog South. In "The Myth of the Lost Cause," historian Edward Bonekemper deconstructs this multi-faceted myth, revealing the truth about the war that nearly tore the nation apart 150 years ago."