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"the author seems to think there's only one expert on the subject"

Not sure where you are getting this from. In calling McPherson "our greatest contemporary historian of the Civil War," Dionne implicitly acknowledges that there are others, but simply asserts he is the leader of the pack. In fact, in the next paragraph he quotes another historian, Douglas Egerton. Whether you consider McPherson the "greatest" or not, writing a book for the Oxford University Press that wins a Pulitzer Prize and stays on the NY Times Best Seller list for months gives you some pretty good street cred. As for Gallagher, from what I've seen of him, his assessment would not differ substantially those quoted in the article.

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