Lincoln Über Alles: Dictatorship Comes to America - Hardcover

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Abraham Lincoln's election was favorably influenced by the influx of German revolutionaries who fled Europe after the failed revolutions of 1848. Then, his agenda to establish a central government with unlimited political power caused the American Civil War. This fascinating book puts forth these arguments and also explores how, after the war, the legality of secession was viewed.

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"A provocative book challenging the actions of one of America's most beloved presidents."
-WMOT-FM 89.5, Middle Tennessee Public Radio

"Provides a critical perspective on some of the wartime actions of the Lincoln administration . . . Emison has done us a great service by reminding us of one the most shameful incidents in the history of America."
-Jewish Georgian

Despite common misconceptions, Southern states were within their rights to withdraw from the Union. In this comprehensive volume, author John Avery Emison supports the South's decision to secede from the controlling federal government; condemns the response of President Lincoln, which resulted in murder, plundering, and mass devastation; and emphasizes that the Civil War was not a battle for racial justice but a conflict caused by the economic dissimilarities between the North and South.

In a series of riveting chapters, Emison explains why each of Lincoln's Machiavellian actions, such as the declaration of war without a vote of Congress, the destructive invasion of states by Union intruders, and the blockade of Southern ports, were illegal. He supports his theories with the Supreme Court doctrines of unmistakability, legislative entrenchment, and equal footing. Emison explains why the often-referenced court case of Texas v. White should not be used to debate the legality of secession. Additional historical analysis is provided by such notable historians as Kenneth Stampp, Leon Litwack, and John Marszalek.

Emison claims that not only did the war devastate the South, but also it opened the door to Lincoln's establishment of a totalitarian regime. In his pungent and engrossing book, the author explores the legality of secession, Lincoln's horrific war crimes against Southern civilians, and the controlling central government of present-day America.

John Avery Emison is an environmental scientist who has worked as a science reporter for the Tennessee Oak Ridger and as an editor of a business newspaper in eastern Tennessee. He has long been a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. A member of the Abbeville Institute and the Sigma Xi scientific research society, Emison actively pursues scholarship in Southern history and constitutional law as an avocation. A sixth-generation Tennessean, he has been passionate about history and land conservation his entire life. Emison graduated with a BA in liberal arts from Union University, MS in physical geography from Memphis State University, and PhD in resource geography from Oregon State University. He is also the author of Pelican's The Martin Luther King Congressional Cover-Up: The Railroading of James Earl Ray. Emison resides in Knoxville, Tennessee.

From the Back Cover:

"All serious scholars should read and reflect on the argument made in Lincoln �ber Alles . . . presented in a provocative manner, and Emison's controversial words are sure to evoke emotion from anyone passionate about history."
-Morristown (TN) Civil War Courier

"With a consummate knowledge of history and of legal principles, Dr. Emison has added new dimensions of sophisticated argument to the growing anti-Lincoln case. No honest student of American history can avoid coming to terms with this work."
-Clyde N. Wilson, distinguished professor emeritus of history, University of South Carolina

"Two myths have hidden from public consciousness the sheer moral enormity of Lincoln's invasion, namely that the war was a holy crusade to abolish slavery and secession was unconstitutional and hence treason. Dr. Emison makes a convincing case that both are false and calls for Americans to 'grow up' and honestly confront their history."
-Donald W. Livingston, author and professor of philosophy, Emory University

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