"Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg," writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments. In this book seven historians make that journey, five of them Pulitzer laureates, looking for Lincoln. Kenneth Stampp explores the issue of national self-determination, comparing the South's struggle for independence to others in history (including the post-Soviets in eastern Europe). Arthur Schlessinger, Jr. offers a provocative comparison of how Lincoln and our other outstanding war president, FDR, went beyond the limits of the Constitution--and why. David Brion Davis focuses on the moment of emancipation. Boritt traces Lincoln's transition from a strident war opponent as a young man to resolute war leader as president. Carl Degler compares the American attempt at national unification with the unifications of Italy, Germany, and other nations. Robert Bruce contrasts premonitions of civil war with Lincoln's reluctance to accept war as a possibility. And James McPherson establishes once and for all the war president's brilliance as a national strategist. These outstanding essays--all but one published here for the first time--offer a new understanding of a revolutionary epoch in American history, and of the role of the leader who helped transform the nation forever.
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Gabor Boritt is Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College. His books include Lincoln and the Economics of the American Dream and Why the Confederacy Lost.
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This review is from: Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books) (Paperback)
Although at times the essays in this do not always focus directly on Lincoln, in one he is compared to Bismark, they all reflect the greatness of the man and his post in the Amercan Civil War. This is a must have for those interested in political control of the military, nation building, and or Lincoln.
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United States, Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina, World War, Jefferson Davis, Mexican War, New York, Supreme Court, Gettysburg Address, Henry Clay, Attorney General, Fort Sumter, New England, House of Representatives, John Quincy Adams, Shenandoah Valley, White House, Winfield Scott, Army of the Potomac, War Department, West Indian, Courtesy of James Mellon, New Jersey, New World, American Constitution New!
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emergency prerogative, emancipation moment, war opponent, nullification crisis Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina, World War, Jefferson Davis, Mexican War, New York, Supreme Court, Gettysburg Address, Henry Clay, Attorney General, Fort Sumter, New England, House of Representatives, John Quincy Adams, Shenandoah Valley, White House, Winfield Scott, Army of the Potomac, War Department, West Indian, Courtesy of James Mellon, New Jersey, New World, American Constitution New!
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- Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings by Roy Basler on 10 pages
- The Imperiled Union: Essays on the Background of the Civil War by Kenneth M. Stampp in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis by David M. Potter in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln by A. Lincoln in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Abraham Lincoln (World Leaders-Past and Present) by Roger Bruns in Front Matter, page 145, and Back Matter
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- Lincoln's Generals (Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books) by Gabor S. Boritt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon by Gabor Boritt in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- One America?: Political Leadership, National Identity, and the Dilemmas of Diversity by Stanley A. Renshon on page 89
- Federal Taxation in America: A Short History (Woodrow Wilson Center Press) by W. Elliot Brownlee on page 31
- The Lincoln Enigma: The Changing Faces of an American Icon by Gabor Boritt in Front Matter
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