David P. Goldman is something of a polymath – scholar, investment banker, musicologist, and pundit. In the latter capacity, under the handle Spengler, he has written on a variety of subjects, including the Civil War. There, unfortunately, he comes off as being rather uninformed. Indeed one is tempted to use the characterization of Noam Chomsky […]
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September 5th, 2014 · 3 Comments
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Civil War Book Review: A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War
December 23rd, 2013 · No Comments
A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War by Thomas Fleming Product Details Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition (May 7, 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 0306821265 ISBN-13: 978-0306821264 This book is upsetting a number of people, looking at the distribution of […]
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