美国内战从表面看来是突然爆发的,双方起初都以为战争的结束会非常迅速,绝没想到会持续那么长时间。一种常见的观点是把原因归结于林肯,似乎上帝要他当选总统,就是为了引爆南部的怒火和战争。还有一种更常见的观点,认为这场战争是两种社会经济制度的对决,终究是无法避免的。无论诉诸偶然还是必然,都有一定道理。但我们需要的,是对美国政治历史更为体贴的理解。美利坚合众国的原罪美国内战的发生,是某些问题长期累积的结果,这些问题谁都看得到,可同时谁都只想拖着,以为时间最终 The U.S. civil war, on the face of it, suddenly broke out. At first both sides thought that the war would be over very quickly and never expected to last so long. A common view is that the reason is attributed to Lincoln, it seems God wants him to be the president, just to detonate the anger and war in the south. There is also a more common view that the war is a showdown between the two socio-economic systems and is ultimately unavoidable. Whether resorted to accidental or inevitable, there is a certain truth. But what we need is a more thoughtful understanding of American political history. Original sin in the United States of America The U.S. Civil War took place as a long-term accumulation of certain problems. No one can see these problems at the same time.