Sad, but true, the Civil War history we are taught in public school is outcome-based. Decided to broaden my horizons:)
Even Bennett does not claim his book as history.
I believe my statement says the book is by a historian. The author's position is based on his interpretation of historical documentation. As Beck liked to say, when promoting Arguing with Idiots: How to Stop Small Minds and Big Government, "It has pages and pages of footnotes". Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream has pages and pages of footnotes too.
Well you certainly broadened your horizons - right out into the lunatic fringe left field with dilorenzo or bennett. Neither are seriously regarded as historical texts (hysterical perhaps).
The Civil War history I was taught had bias but it wasn’t fiction.