Just as I deny "the belligerent role" of President Roosevelt in the US entry into the Second World War.
In both cases, the decision to start war was made by enemies of the United States.
rockrr: "If you seek the sort of imbecility that pokie laps up you need look no further than deloranzo."
Turns out, Amazon has no books by a deloranzo, but there are several deLorenzo writers -- Jacqui, Richard, Peter and Yusuf, none of whom, it seems, wrote about the Lost Cause.
However, when I just now searched on the topic of "Lost Cause myths", a good many books come up, including these:
So I think I'll start with the most recent (#1 above) and work backwards (down the list).