[fortheDeclaration]

Without having that particular book on hand, I couldn't tell you. It is however hypocritical to write two books on civil liberties in the two different regions of the civil war, bash one side for supposedly violating them, and then praise the other side for doing the same thing.

And what makes you think he does that?

In his work on Lincoln he is critical, but places the abuses in the context of the war.

As far as I can tell from the review of the book on the Confederacy, he does likewise for Davis.

[GOPcapitalist]

And what makes you think he does that?

Knowing that Mark Neely is a notoriously biased writer and having seen the books in question.