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Lincoln, the war president : the Gettysburg lectures / edited by Gabor S. Boritt ; essays by Robert V. Bruce [and six others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gettysburg Civil War Institute Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1992.
- Summary:
- 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 focuse
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The Shadow of a Coming War; 2. Lincoln and the Strategy of Unconditional Surrender; 3. The Emancipation Moment; 4. One Among Many: The United States and National Unification; 5. One Alone? The United States and National Self-determination; 6. War and the Constitution: Abraham Lincoln and Franklin D. Roosevelt ; 7. War Opponent and War President; Notes; Contributors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-507891-8
- 0-19-972868-2
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