It's the name of a school of thought
by AquinasDomer (2023-12-30 13:02:31)
Edited on 2023-12-30 13:02:57

In reply to: My post below might help.  posted by EricCartman

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And the dominant one in civil war histiography. Each school was named by its detractors.

Kind of like calling people anti choice or pro death.

Everyone agrees slavery was the proximate cause, but the arguments are over whether politics polarizing around it was inevitable, exactly why the south seceded w Lincoln's win, etc.

At least according to this revisionists pre 1960 were generally lost causers and lost, recently they've had a comeback but are still a minority.




I’m reading Varon’s book right now.
by EricCartman  (2023-12-30 13:24:32)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Cannot reply

I agree that we are talking about different schools of thought, and I said so in my post.

I like your link. It does a more thorough job of explaining what my position is with respect to the multiple schools of thought.