Walter Kennedy’s outstanding new book is much more than a defense of Robert E. Lee from the charge of treason, though it is certainly that. Kennedy offers us a careful analysis of the nature of the union of states established by the Constitution, in the course of which he argues that Abraham Lincoln—far from being the savior of the Union against the efforts of the Confederate States to rebel against it—was, in fact, the destroyer of the Union as originally understood.

Before addressing Kennedy’s argument, though, a question needs to be asked. Why is the nature of the War between the States—and the roles of Lincoln and Lee within that war—relevant to us today, any more than, say, the question of whether Alcibiades was a traitor to Athens is relevant to us?

Kennedy’s answer to this question, in part, is that we need to understand the nature of the Union in order to effectively combat the “woke” tyranny that now threatens us. The proponents of this cultural Marxist ideology demand that we destroy monuments built to honor those whom they deem to be “racists,” including among these well-known generals of the Confederate Army. Conservatives like Sean Hannity oppose this—recognizing that the wokists wish to obliterate the past in order to replace it with their own Orwellian concoction—but they lack the historical resources necessary to make a convincing case to retain the monuments intact. If Robert E. Lee really was a traitor, why should he be honored? ……..

Once Lee’s home state, Virginia, seceded from the Union, the conditio sine qua non of his allegiance to the Union lapsed, and thus, he cannot be considered a traitor. The real traitor was Lincoln, who unilaterally upended the balance of power between the states and the federal government that the Constitution established; and it was this betrayal that has enabled the “woke” tyranny of today.

Kennedy’s very short book is a fine example of the adage * in parvo*, and I urge all those who wish to restore our freedom to read it.

This looks like an interesting read for those that think history has been solely written by the victors and leaves any other explanations in the dust of war. Lincoln was the monster and Lee was the hero is just opposite of what the court historians have written and students are taught.