Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer PresidentAllen C. Guelzo, Henry R Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director of Civil War Era Studies Allen C Guelzo W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999 - 516 páginas This major biography of Abraham Lincoln has won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the annual award given to the best book in the Civil War field. Guelzo's superb work breaks new ground in exploring the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him for the first time as a serious thinker deeply involved in the struggles of nineteenth-century thought. |
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His ability , the military science , the energy , and the lightening - like rapidity ...
are indispensable there now . " To one administration staffer , Lincoln could ...
Two days after the Bull Run battle , he drew up a new military plan to reorganize
and ...
His ability , the military science , the energy , and the lightening - like rapidity ...
are indispensable there now . " To one administration staffer , Lincoln could ...
Two days after the Bull Run battle , he drew up a new military plan to reorganize
and ...
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tional abolition , and partly because the authority the proclamation was
predicated upon was only the military necessity of the war ( which was , of course
, why slavery in the border states was left alone — they had not legally put
themselves in ...
tional abolition , and partly because the authority the proclamation was
predicated upon was only the military necessity of the war ( which was , of course
, why slavery in the border states was left alone — they had not legally put
themselves in ...
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But rule by military governors proved to be no more predictable in its results than
rule by Congress would have been . Andrew Johnson quarreled with the federal
military commanders in Tennessee , while the real center of Unionism in eastern
...
But rule by military governors proved to be no more predictable in its results than
rule by Congress would have been . Andrew Johnson quarreled with the federal
military commanders in Tennessee , while the real center of Unionism in eastern
...
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Crítica de los usuarios - twatson79 - LibraryThingVery engaging biography on Lincoln, detailing his philosophy, religiosity, and general thought life. Guelzo does well in showing Lincoln to be a man of deep convictions as well as showing how those ... Leer comentario completo
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The Strife of Ideas | 3 |
The American System | 26 |
The Costs of Union | 64 |
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