@phenidone @mekkaokereke Sort of the former — I just vaguely remember learning in high school & college that historians were divided about “central cause” vs “one of several causes” or “second order cause”.
Actually this article from @kerileighmerritt explains it well https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-we-need-new-civil-war-documentary-180971996/
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