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The Real Lincoln: A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War by Thomas J. DiLorenzo is a revisionist work of American historical interpretation focused on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and the growth of federal authority. Published in 2002, the book challenges the dominant public image of Lincoln as a uniquely heroic preserver of the Union and liberator of enslaved people. DiLorenzo, an economist associated with libertarian and free market scholarship, reads Lincoln through questions of political economy, constitutional power, tariffs, state sovereignty, and centralized government. The book argues that the Civil War was not an unavoidable moral crusade but a destructive conflict used to consolidate national power. Its purpose is less to offer a conventional biography than to contest the Lincoln legend and reinterpret the causes and consequences of the war. The work is influential among libertarian and constitutionalist readers, while many mainstream historians criticize its selectivity and conclusions.