{"product_id":"the-problem-with-lincoln-9781684510184","title":"The Problem with Lincoln","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Problem with Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAbraham Lincoln was widely and deeply unpopular during his presidency. And for good reason. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe overturned our original constitutional order, violated the rights of Americans both North and South, massively inflated the federal government, and plunged the nation into a wholly unnecessary war. Why? \u003ci\u003eNot \u003c\/i\u003eto free the slaves, as his hagiographers would have you believe, but out of personal ambition, greed for power, and, incidentally, to enrich the railroad interests that supported his political career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCourt historians have turned King Lincoln into a secular saint, but what did Abraham Lincoln's contemporaries know that has been forgotten or covered up? Bestselling author Thomas J. DiLorenzo debunks the pious myths to reveal the \u003ci\u003ereal\u003c\/i\u003e Lincoln. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Problem with Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, you'll learn: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy Lincoln was willing to accept a constitutional amendment guaranteeing slavery \u003ci\u003eforever\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy no American in 1861, Northerner \u003ci\u003eor \u003c\/i\u003eSoutherner, believed that Lincoln had invaded the South to emancipate the slaves\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhy secession doesn't fit the Constitution's definition of treason--but Lincoln's war on the South does\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLincoln's greatest failure: not ending slavery peacefully, as the rest of the world managed to do\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf you want the unvarnished truth about our sixteenth president, read \u003ci\u003eThe Problem with Lincoln\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684510184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.80w x 1.00d","brand":"Thomas J. Dilorenzo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36666017972380,"sku":"9781684510184","price":25.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1c7f7975-60c1-4ec5-96b8-647e1e8da565.jpg?v=1603911049","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-problem-with-lincoln-9781684510184","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}