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Abraham Lincoln

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George McGovern
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Book, 1st ed, Times Books/Henry Holt and Co, 2009
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America?s greatest president, who rose to power in the country?s greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil War Abraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president?the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation?s wounds. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Presidents · United States · Biography · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · McGovern, George S. 1922-
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Tried By War : Abraham Lincoln As Commander In Chief

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James M. McPherson
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Book, Penguin Press, 2008
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James McPherson, a bestselling historian of the Civil War, illuminates how Lincoln worked with?and often against? In essence, Lincoln invented the idea of commander in chief, as neither the Constitution nor existing legislation specified how the president ought to declare war or dictate strategy. To be sure, the Union?s campaigns often went awry, sometimes horribly so, but McPherson makes clear how the missteps arose from the all-too-common moments when Lincoln could neither threaten nor cajole his commanders to follow his orders. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Military leadership · Executive power · United States · History · 19th century · Presidents · Biography · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · McPherson, James M
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Our Lincoln : New Perspectives On Lincoln And His World

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edited by Eric Foner
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Book, 1st ed, W.W. Norton, 2008
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Our best historians offer fresh insights on Abraham Lincoln and his time to mark the upcoming bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. Undeterred, the contributors to Our Lincoln believe it is possible even now, especially if the starting point is the interaction between the life and the times. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Political and social views · Military leadership · Presidents · United States · Biography · History · 19th century · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Foner, Eric
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President Lincoln : The Duty Of A Statesman

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William Lee Miller
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Book, 1st ed, Alfred A. Knopf, 2008
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The American president has come to be the most powerful figure in the world?and back in the nineteenth century a great man held that office. Here is the realistic war leader persisting after multiple defeats, pressing his generals to take the battle to the enemy, insisting that the objective was the destruction of Lee?s army and not the capture of territory, saying that breath alone kills no rebels, remarking that he regretted war does not admit of holy days, asking whether one could believe that he would strike lighter blows rather than heavier ones, or leave any card unplayed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Military leadership · Ethics · Political leadership · United States · Case studies · Command of troops · Presidents · Biography · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · History · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Moral and ethical aspects · Miller, William Lee
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The Doom Of Reconstruction : The Liberal Republicans In The Civil War Era

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Andrew L. Slap
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Book, 1st ed, Fordham University Press, 2006
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Based on close readings of newspapers, party documents, and other primary sources, Slap confronts one of the major questions in American political history: How, and why, did Reconstruction come to an end? (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Grant, Ulysses S. · (Ulysses Simpson), · 1822-1885 · Greeley, Horace, · 1811-1872 · Liberal Republican Party · History · Presidents · United States · Election · 1872 · Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) · Politics and government · 1849-1861 · 1861-1865 · 1865-1877 · Slap, Andrew L
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Lincoln And The Decision For War : The Northern Response To Secession

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Russell McClintock
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Book, University of North Carolina Press, 2008
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When Abraham Lincoln’s election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Political and social views · Secession · Southern States · Public opinion · Nationalism · Northeastern States · History · 19th century · Political culture · 19th century · United States · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Decision making · 1857-1861 · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Causes · McClintock, Russell
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Abraham Lincoln : A Resource Guide

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Lincoln Revisited : New Insights From The Lincoln Forum

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edited by John Y. Simon, Harold Holzer, and Dawn Vogel
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Book, 1st ed, Fordham University Press, 2007
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In February 2009, America celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, and the pace of new Lincoln books and articles has already quickened. Williams on Lincoln and civil liberties in wartime.The eighteen original essays explore every corner of Lincoln?s world?religion and politics, slavery and sovereignty, presidential leadership and the rule of law, the Second Inaugural Address and the assassination.In his 1947 classic, Lincoln Reconsidered, David Herbert Donald confronted the Lincoln myth. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Political and social views · Military leadership · Presidents · United States · Biography · History · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Simon, John Y · Holzer, Harold · Vogel, Dawn · Lincoln Forum
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A People At War : Civilians And Soldiers In America’s Civil War, 1854-1877

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Scott Reynolds Nelson, Carol Sheriff
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2007
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A People at War refutes the popular belief that during the American Civil War the citizenry bent to the will of the nation’s great military and political leaders. A People at War stresses the war years, but also casts an eye at the tumultuous decades that preceded and followed. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) · United States · History · 1849-1877 · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Social aspects · Influence · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Nelson, Scott Reynolds · Sheriff, Carol
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The Expatriation Of Franklin Pierce : The Story Of A President And The Civil War

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Garry Boulard
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Book, iUniverse, Inc, 2006
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Considered a failure upon leaving the White House in 1857 and thought to be on his way to a well-deserved obscurity, Franklin Pierce during the Civil War emerged as a major spokesman for that era?s Peace Democrats, opposed to President Lincoln?s suspension of the writ of habeas corpus and in defense of civil liberties. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Pierce, Franklin, · 1804-1869 · Presidents · United States · Biography · Politics and government · 1853-1857 · 1861-1865 · Boulard, Garry
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Mr. Lincoln’s T-mails : The Untold Story Of How Abraham Lincoln Used The Telegraph To Win The Civil War

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Tom Wheeler
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Book, Collins, 2006
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Among the many modern marvels that gave the North an advantage was the telegraph, which Lincoln used to stay connected to the forces in the field in almost real time. Watching Lincoln carefully word his messages?and follow up on those words with the right actions?offers a striking example for those who spend their days tapping out notes on computers and BlackBerrys. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Military leadership · Telegraph · United States · History · 19th century · Political leadership · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Communications · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Wheeler, Tom, 1946-
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Copperheads : The Rise And Fall Of Lincoln’s Opponents In The North

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Jennifer L. Weber
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Book, Oxford University Press, 2006
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Weber reveals how the Copperheads came perilously close to defeating Lincoln and ending the war in the South’s favor. Passionate defenders of civil liberties and states’ rights–and often virulent racists–the Copperheads deplored Lincoln’s suspension of habeas corpus, his liberal interpretation of the Constitution, and, most vehemently, his moves toward emancipation. Finally, Weber illuminates the role of Union soldiers, who, furious at Copperhead attacks on the war effort, moved firmly behind Lincoln. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Adversaries · Democratic Party (U.S.) · History · 19th century · Copperhead movement · Dissenters · United States · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Protest movements · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Weber, Jennifer L., 1962-
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Team Of Rivals : The Political Genius Of Abraham Lincoln

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Doris Kearns Goodwin
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Book, Simon & Schuster, 2005
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Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln’s political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Friends and associates · Political leadership · United States · Case studies · Genius · Presidents · Biography · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Goodwin, Doris Kearns
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Reelecting Lincoln : The Battle For The 1864 Presidency

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Jack C. Waugh
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Book, Crown Publishers, 1997
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Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency tells the dramatic story of perhaps the most critical election campaign in American history. Drawing from an extensive array of sources, including published and unpublished reminiscences, memoirs, autobiographies, letters, newspapers, and periodicals, he clearly evokes the drama and uncertainty of that fateful year with all the immediacy of a political reporter covering a national presidential election today. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Presidents · United States · Election · 1864 · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Waugh, John C
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Lincoln’s War : The Untold Story Of America’s Greatest President As Commander In Chief

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Geoffrey Perret
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Book, 1st ed, Random House, 2004
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The reader will also learn the true story of Lincoln?s experiences as a soldier and encounter Lincoln as amateur strategist, Lincoln in his relationship with black servicemen, Lincoln in his dealings with the Committee on the Conduct of the War, and Lincoln in his friendship with weapons pioneer Christopher Spencer, the creator of the Spencer repeater. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Lincoln, Abraham, · 1809-1865 · Military leadership · Executive power · United States · History · 19th century · Politics and government · 1861-1865 · Civil War, 1861-1865 · Biography · Perret, Geoffrey
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