I hear this often, but I'm not really sure how to confidently square that assertion against Versailles, Morgenthau's memorandum and JCS 1067. I'm not saying it's wrong... only that if there is one thing history ISN'T lacking, it's conflict. I wish people would be specific and use historical templates, at least as a starting frame of reference. Some conflicts become cyclical, as every resolution merely sets the stage for the next. Some brutal conflicts are one-and-done.
What other historical resolutions does the end of the civil war most resemble? Which other historical resolutions are most similar to what people feel should have been applied to the south?

If I'm reading this right, there wasn't an analogue to Nuremberg or the Argentinian exodus? (Or, as I think about it, the anti-nazi-symbols laws?)