The South Was Right! - Rilegato

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The South Was Right!
By James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy

History is written by the victor, and that of the American Civil War is no different. The idea that Southerners would die in order for only 6 percent of the population to own slaves just does not pass the "sniff" test.
The myth of a freedom-loving North and an evil, slave-holding South is just one that is exposed in The South Was Right! The idea of big government not only was politicized through the issue of slavery but also was made inevitable in the South's defeat. Because of the surrender, "we the people" of the United States are no longer sovereign. Today, a supreme federal government dictates what rights the states can exercise.
After the Union victory, a campaign of ongoing cultural cleansing has been waged to keep the South in its assigned place in American history. While many ethnic, religious, and cultural groups are celebrated, Southern heritage often is viewed with a wary eye.
Predicted to be "one of the most controversial books of the decade" when first published, The South Was Right! lives up to that forecast. This book is filled with documented evidence supporting all of the authors' claims and paints a frighteningly realistic picture of a captured people, their struggle to preserve their heritage, and their right to exist as a distinct culture and an independent country.

Descendants of Civil War soldiers, twin brothers James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy are life members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and are active in other organizations promoting limited government and American liberty. They are frequent speakers at conferences and on radio and television programs.
In addition to The South Was Right!, the Kennedy twins have written numerous Pelican titles, including Why Not Freedom!: America's Revolt Against Big Government, Was Jefferson Davis Right?, and Nullifying Tyranny: Creating Moral Communities in an Immoral Society. Ronald, a resident of Mandeville, Louisiana, also has written Reclaiming Liberty. Donald, a resident of Downsville, Louisiana, has written Myths of American Slavery and, with Al Benson, Lincoln's Marxists, both of which are published by Pelican. The Kennedy twins are recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal of the National Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), the Governor Thomas Overton Moore Award from SCV's Louisiana Division, and the Southern Heritage Award from the Southern Heritage Society. In addition, they have been honored with numerous other awards for their efforts in defending the traditional view of the South and American liberty.

Two decades after the debut of The South Was Right!, the ideas espoused by authors and twin brothers James Ronald Kennedy and Walter Donald Kennedy can no longer be dismissed as the outrageous declarations of a radical element. They are the well-researched and popular view of a generation seeking to expose big government and the growing loss of states' rights and personal freedoms.

Not for the faint-hearted, The South Was Right! is an authoritative and well documented study of the mythology behind Civil War history and its effects on contemporary society. The authors present extensive evidence that the South was an independent country invaded, captured, and occupied by a vicious aggressor, as it still is today. The Kennedy brothers eloquently and clearly contrast the stark realities of the tremendous human cost of the War for Southern Independence with the nearly bloodless political revolts and economically driven secessions of the twentieth century, including those of Eastern Europe and the American continents. They examine how Southern secession in 1861 was based upon a violation of unalienable rights as announced in the Declaration of Independence, and, just as the captured nations of the old Soviet Union reemerged when that empire crumbled, the Kennedy twins predict that "the South shall rise again!"

Southerners should read this book with a sense of obligation to the truth. Others should read it with open minds.