The Unreal Lincoln

The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo (Prima, 352 pp., $24.95)

TO get an idea of how truly awful this book is, consider that its author sneers at what he calls some “pledge of allegiance to the central government.” (He means, of course, the pledge of allegiance to the flag and “to the republic for