[Pelham]

Thomas Fleming discussing his excellent book "A Disease In The Public Mind", a new look at why we fought the Civil War

link to the video

[Pelham]

“A Disease in the Public Mind” ping

[Pelham]

“A Disease in the Public Mind” ping

[JohnBrowdie]

published in 2013.

[JohnBrowdie]

I enjoyed his 2015 effort, “the great divide”, where he examines the deteriorating relationship between george washington and the increasingly treacherous thomas jefferson.

warning: if you have bought in to the popular myth surrounding TJ, avoid this book. it will definitely make you angry.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

a tragedy that American leaders foresaw and struggled to prevent.

 

That is correct - all you have to do is study the Congressional record of the time. There was a lot of back & forth going on about how best to organize and manage the dissolution of slavery, since it would be a big change to the society and culture of America. There was even discussion about the creation of a sort of social services-type bureau to assist newly freed slaves during the transition. Always found it interesting that no one wants to discuss those aspects of official history.

 

 

[higgmeister]

Well reading that was my “Well Duh!” moment for the week. ,p>There is not much else to say about that.

[higgmeister]

So not “A New Understanding.”

[Steve Van Doorn]

Fairleigh Dickinson University’s PublicMind has conducted survey research on issues of public importance in the US
https://view2.fdu.edu/publicmind/

[wardaddy]

I’ll have to get this for me wado and Thomas barksdale

[Psalm 73]

Just finished reading "Manassas to Appomattox", General Longstreet's memoirs.

Great read, but pretty depressing in retrospect - what a colossal waste of men and spirit.

[jmacusa]

A new understanding on The Civil War: The South still lost.

[Pajamajan]

Bookmark

[Vermont Lt]

Why do you guys do this to yourselves?

[kalee]

For later