Professor DiLorenzo argues that Lincoln favored a large centralized government and supported the increase of already high protectionist tariffs.

The book takes a critical look at Lincoln and his policies. According to this provacative book, 600,000 American soldiers did not die for the honorable cause of ending slavery but for the dubious agenda of sacrificing the independence of the states to the supremacy of the federal government, which has been tightening its vise grip on our republic to this very day.You will discover a side of Lincoln that you were probably never taugh in school-a side tha calls into question the very myths that surround him and helps explain the true origins of a bloody, and perhaps, unnecessary war.T04:46:13-04:00 Author Tom DiLorenzo talked about his book The Real Lincoln, published by Prima Publishing. To accomplish his goals, Lincoln subverted the Constitution, trampled states' rights, and launched a devastating Civil War, whose wounds haunt us still. Standing in his way, however, was the South, with its independent states, its resistance to the national government, and its reliance on unfettered free trade. DiLorenzo uncovers a side of Lincoln not told in many history books and overshadowed by the immense Lincoln legend.Through extensive research and meticulous documentation, DiLorenzo portrays the sixteenth president as a man who devoted his political career to revolutionizing the American form of government from one that was very limited in scope and highly decentralized-as the Founding Fathers intended-to a highly centralized, activist state. But what if most everything you knew about Lincoln were false? What if, instead of an American hero who sought to free the slaves, Lincoln were in fact a calculating politician who waged the bloodiest war in american history in order to build an empire that rivaled Great Britain's? In The Real Lincoln, author Thomas J. His legend as the Great Emancipator has grown to mythic proportions as hundreds of books, a national holiday, and a monument in Washington, D.C., extol his heroism and martyrdom.

Most Americans consider Abraham Lincoln to be the greatest president in history. A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

The Real Lincoln by Thomas J. DiLorenzo