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"The insurgent leader ... does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He can not voluntarily reaccept the Union; we can not voluntarily yield it. Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can only be tried by war and decided by victory." -- Lincoln's annual message to Congress, December 6, 1864  | |
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To Pat, for fifty years of marriage and history | |
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From the moment of his election as president on November 6, 1860, Lincoln confronted issues of policy and strategy even though he would not take office for almost four months -- Chapter 1 | |
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Abraham Lincoln was the only president in American history whose entire administration was bounded by war. Not only Lincoln’s success or failure as a president but also the very survival of the United States depended on how he performed his duty as commander in chief.
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One of the listeners in the crowd turned to his companion. "That means nigger citizenship," snapped John Wilkes Booth. "Now, by God, I'll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make." -- Chapter 10
And the problem of Reconstruction after the Civil War was not that the federal government exercised too much power but that it did not exercise enough. -- Epilogue (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾Common Knowledge (short form) | Canonical title | Tried by War | | Original publication date | 2008 | | People/Characters | Abraham Lincoln, Winfield Scott (General), George B. McClellan (Major General), John Charles Frémont (1813-1890) | | Important places | USA | | Important events | American Civil War (1861|1865) | | Awards and honors | New York Times bestseller (Nonfiction, 2008), Lincoln Prize (2009) | | Epigraph | "The insurgent leader ... does not attempt to deceive us. He affords us no excuse to deceive ourselves. He can not voluntarily reaccept the Union; we can not voluntarily yield it. Between him and us the issue is distinct, ... (show all)simple, and inflexible. It is an issue which can only be tried by war and decided by victory." -- Lincoln's annual message to Congress, December 6, 1864 | | Dedication | To Pat, for fifty years of marriage and history | | First words | From the moment of his election as president on November 6, 1860, Lincoln confronted issues of policy and strategy even though he would not take office for almost four months -- Chapter 1 | | Quotations | Abraham Lincoln was the only president in American history whose entire administration was bounded by war. , Not only Lincoln’s success or failure as a president but also the very survival of the United States depended on how he performed his duty as commander in chief.
| | Last words | (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)One of the listeners in the crowd turned to his companion. "That means nigger citizenship," snapped John Wilkes Booth. "Now, by God, I'll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make." -- Chapter 10
And the problem of Reconstruction after the Civil War was not that the federal government exercised too much power but that it did not exercise enough. -- Epilogue | | Blurbers | Goodwin, Doris Kearns , Blight, David W. , Holzer, Harold , White Jr., Ronald C. , Williams, Frank J. , Glatthaar, Joseph |
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