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 Posted: Wed May 16th, 2012 02:01 pm
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 JG6789 wrote: Savez wrote:
I would put more stock in Foote's "narratives" than I would James McPherson's "scholarly works".

Why?
Because McPherson's is a liberal pro-Lincoln revisionist. Plus he criticized Alabama girl Condoleeza Rice. McPherson's only redeeming quality is his work on battlefield preservation. I put very little stock in his cherry picked research in works such as For Cause and Comrades.