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"For example, it was applied to the United States' involvement in theVietnam War and in the mythology of theLost Cause of the Confederacy."

The Lost Cause of the Confederacy is not a stab in the back myth. It does not say that the South could have won the Civil War. The very name admits the South could not win--it was aLost Cause.

The myth is that the South was morally superior, or morally equal, to the North, and the southern soldiers were more skilled and heroic in their fighting. This is the unanimous view of the Wikipedia articleLost Cause of the Confederacy.Ttulinsky (talk)20:51, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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