James A. Rawley

Abraham Lincoln and a Nation Worth Fighting for

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The many sides of Abraham Lincoln -- war leader, humorist, commander-in-chief, politician, and emancipator -- are vividly depicted in this concise and fresh look at his presidential years. Pivotal events, decisions, and issues in Lincoln's private and public life are scrutinized and explained clearly by noted historian James A. Rawley. During an innovative yet bloody era marked by mass communication, unheard-of national recognition and media attention, and the increasingly destructive uses of technology to wage war, Lincoln did all that he could to preserve the nation as a whole. Principles underpinning Lincoln's actions and motivations as ad… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-8032-8994-9
EAN: 9780803289949
Produktnummer: 1790126
Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.6 cm 272 g
Abbildungen: Illus., maps
Gewicht: 272

Über den Autor

James A. Rawley is Carl Adolph Happold Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of numerous books, including Turning Points of the Civil War (Nebraska 1989), The Politics of Union: Northern Politics during the Civil War (Nebraska 1974), and Secession: The Disruption of the American Republic, 1844-1861.