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The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War

The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War

Update: 2025-05-16
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Why did the South lose the Civil War? Mark Thornton argues Vicksburg—not Gettysburg—was key, revealing how Confederate economic failures sealed their fate.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on May 16, 2025.

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The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War

The Revisionist Economic History of the Civil War

Mark Thornton