Lincoln at 200: savior or Tyrant?

Who was the greatest American president? Everyone knows it was Abraham Lincoln whose 200th birthday we celebrated in February 2009. But in this edition of  Portside, Burt Cohen talks with Thomas DiLorenzo, author of The Real Lincoln about the more controversial aspects of our 16th president: was the war against the South really necessary? Why was it so crucial to save the union? Did Lincoln change the very nature of America's government?

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