Lincoln & leadership : military, political, and religious decision making / edited by Randall M. Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Randall M.

Series:

North's Civil War

The North's Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Military leadership.

Command of troops.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Ethics.

Political leadership--United States--History--19th century.

Political leadership.

Presidents--United States--Decision making.

Presidents.

Leadership--United States--History--19th century.

Leadership.

Politics and government.

Decision making.

History.

Ethics.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865--Decision making.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--1861-1865--Moral and ethical aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 135 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Fordham University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Lincoln and Leadership explores the interplay of military, political, and religious factors informing Lincoln's thought and action and guiding the dynamics of his leadership. The contributors, all respected scholars of the Civil War era, focus on several critical moments in Lincoln's presidency to understand the ways Lincoln recognized and dealt with such issues and concerns as emancipation, military strategy, relations with his generals, the use of black troops, party politics and his own re-election, the morality of the war, the place of America in God's design, and the meaning and obligations of sustaining the Union. Overall, they argue that Lincoln was simultaneously consistent regarding his commitments to freedom, democratic government, and Union but flexible, and sometimes contradictory, in the means by which to preserve and extend them. They further point to the ways in which Lincoln's decision making defined his presidency and recast understandings of American "exceptionalism. "They emphasize that the "real" Lincoln was an unabashed party man and a shrewd politician, a self-taught commander-in-chief, and a deeply religious man who was confident in his ability to judge men and to persuade them with words but unsure of what God demanded from America for its collective sins of slavery. Randall Miller's Introduction in particular provides essential weight to the notion that Lincoln's presidential leadership must be seen as a series of interlocking stories. In the end, the contributors collectively remind readers that the Lincoln enshrined as the "Great Emancipator" and "savior of the Union" was in life and practice a work-in-progress. Book jacket.

Contents:

Lincoln and leadership / Randall M. Miller

Sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind : Abraham Lincoln as a war president

/ Gregory J.W. Urwin

Lincoln's greatest decision : the blind memorandum, August 23, 1864 / Matthew Pinsker

Abraham Lincoln as moral leader : the second inaugural as America's sermon to the world / Harry S. Stout

Lincoln and leadership / Allen C. Guelzo.

Notes:

Published in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Foundation of the Union League of Philadelphia.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0823243451

9780823243440

0823243443

9780823243457

OCLC:

760975598

Publisher Number:

99949953849