Defending Dixie's Land: What Every American Should Know about the South and the Civil War has been released with Shotwell Publishing


https://www.amazon.com/Defending-Dix...f_=as_li_ss_tl


"Isaac Bishop has in recent years become one of the ablest advocates of the Southern cause in the War Between the States...The key issue in the war was not the Union's battle to end slavery against the South's defense of it, but rather the North's pursuit of a despotic centralized federal government versus the South's battle to preserve America as a confederation of autonomous states, leaving the federal government only a few limited functions...what will surprise them is Bishop's cogent argument that the South did not secede in order to defend slavery...The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and his policy of waging war on the South meant the triumph of mass democracy over liberty...I must confess that I prefer Lord Acton, Murray Rothbard, and Isaac Bishop to the anti-South "libertarians" of our own day."

-David Gordon, PhD in History from UCLA Mises Institute review "Bishop Checkmates Lincoln"


"Without question, this book's well written narrative and impressive body of research should not be ignored. Nor can it help but prompt the thoughtful reader to re-frame their view of the Civil War in a somewhat different perspective. Most importantly, through contemporary sources it underscores that much of what Americans have been taught concerning the rationale for the conflict is neither accurate, objective or balanced. The war materialized for a variety of complex reasons and, in the process, dramatically and ultimately transformed our nation. For this reason alone, Defending Dixie's Land deserves to be read."

-K. David Goss is an Associate Professor of History and Director of Museum Studies, at Gordon College, Wenham, MA specializing in American history. His many published works include Cornerstones of Salem (2000) and Treasures of a Seaport Town (1998).


"Bishop takes on every issue in the catalogue—slavery, the real confederal nature of the Union before 1861, the greed and malice that fueled the Yankee invasion, the Republican establishment of state capitalism–a government of the rich that leaves most of the people behind–the atrocious Lincoln Myth, Northern racism, black Confederates, and much else….In my time I have written probably 200 or more book reviews. I have never used the comment "you ought to get this book." I am using it now."

-Clyde Wilson is a distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at the University of South Carolina. Review "Defending Dixie's Land" Abbeville Institute


The Truth cannot be killed. It may be buried alive, but it will not die. Like an archaeologist, Bishop has discovered the tomb of the Truth, and with this book he has rolled the stone away.

- H. V. Traywick, Jr. Author of Empire of the Owls: Reflections on the North's War Against Southern Secession


"Being a history instructor and growing up in New York, I was taught that the North was the true champion and defender of our liberties and Constitution. The South was Evil. It wasn't until I started researching the history of our early colonies and the reasons for the separation from England that I uncovered the truth. Mr. Bishops book Defending Dixie's Land does an excellent job, in a very readable manner, laying out the South's reasons for secession. Spoiler alert: it wasn't about slavery but about defending the Republic that our Founding Fathers bequeathed to future generations. A must read for anyone who truly wants to understand what limited government means."

-Rick Montes M.A. in History at Western Connecticut State University and Adjunct Professor of History. Montes is the author of The United States as a Confederation and the relevance of the Tenth Amendment.



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