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# How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    This is a Great book, Don’t miss it!
  

*by C***B on Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2024*

This is an excellent book and the Introduction was one of the most energizing and eye opening short reads I have had in a very long time. Heather Richardson describes the political structure of the pre-Civil War South as an oligarchy maintained by White Supremacy and the oppression of women. Though the North won the Civil War, the politics of the South thrived and moved West. Though we may think of the West as dominated by individualism, as in the iconic cowboy, it was actually dominated by big businesses such as railroads and mining. Though the West adopted an antigovernment philosophy, it relied heavily on federal investments for its development. The takeover of West by the pre-Civil War governing philosophy of the South lasted until the beginning of the 20th century when the more progressive policies of Teddy Roosevelt, and later by Franklin Roosevelt, became dominant. These policies included a role for government in promoting the general welfare, and particularly in funding major infrastructure projects.  After WW II these policies, values, and philosophy became a national liberal consensus. Richard Nixon and Barry Goldwater were the first Republican presidential candidate to try to break this consensus, but they failed. However, when Nixon ran for a second time and won the presidency he did what he could to end the liberal consensus and promote movement conservatism, which is the pre-Civil War governing philosophy in a modern garb. But it was not until Reagan that oligarchy, white supremacy, and the oppression of women got their champion. That was the moment when workers start seeing less and less in terms of wages and benefits, and the extraordinarily wealthy saw more and more. Not surprisingly, during the 21st century workers began to notice their shrinking piece of the economic pie. Of course, Republican politicians blamed the effects of their economic and tax policies on Democrats, minorities, immigrants and women. Then they changed the topic and focused on easy to understand social issues. What is surprising is how many workers bought this nonsense. What the author does so elegantly is connect the cultural, political, economic, and historical dots between the pre-Civil War period and the present day. Many people have commented on the similarities between the decades leading up to the Civil War and our current era, but Heather Richardson has created a narrative where these similarities come alive.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A REAL reading of American history
  

*by J***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2021*

I rate this book at five stars because it is well written and makes a persuasively articulated argument. In fact, the correct rating should be 4.5 because there are occasional passages where the passion of Cox's ideology results in overstatement. These instances are few and far between, however; Cox lays out the political pressures behind a culture that has always struggled to live up to its founders ideals. The founders themselves failed to live up to them; so it is hardly a stretch to imagine that the country as a whole would engage in this endless struggle. In the United States and worldwide, the brutal reality persists: political and economic ideologies that sound beautiful in theory and are based on scientific reasoning, often fail to underestimate the malign power of human nature which bends toward the drive of a few to assume control over the many. Marxism is a case in point; it is viable only as a theoretical construct. As for fascism, it doesn't even pretend to ideological control; it is simply the naked pursuit of power for its own sake.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Interesting and well-written by a top notch historian.
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2024*

You don't have to be familiar with her Letters from an American to appreciate this historian's lessons, all carefully footnoted.  This book is a must read TODAY!  Oh, and you will never watch old Westerns on TV the same way again.

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