Talk:Stab-in-the-back myth

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Section size for Stab-in-the-back myth (16 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,827	3,827
Background	12,376	12,376
Assessments of Germany's situation in late 1918	319	6,465
Contemporary	2,441	2,441
Post-war	3,705	3,705
Development of the myth	9,885	9,885
Antisemitic aspects	6,622	6,622
Aftermath	2,081	3,351
World War II	1,270	1,270
Wagnerian allusions	1,849	1,849
Psychology of belief	1,102	1,102
Equivalents in other countries	35	1,896
United States	1,861	1,861
See also	492	492
References	3,131	3,131
External links	1,344	1,344
Total	52,340	52,340

"Lost Cause of the Confederacy" is not a stab in the back myth

The statement should be removed or give supporting evidence.

The article states:

"For example, it was applied to the United States' involvement in the Vietnam War and in the mythology of the Lost 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 a Lost 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 article Lost Cause of the Confederacy. Ttulinsky (talk) 20:51, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]