Abraham Lincoln / Helen Cothran, book editor.

Other author Cothran, Helen.
Format Book
Publication InfoSan Diego, Calif. : Greenhaven Press, ©2002.
Description224 pages : 1 map ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesPresidents and their decisions
Presidents and their decisions. ^A607484
Contents Foreword -- Abraham Lincoln : a biography -- Outbreak of the Civil War -- Averting civil war : Lincoln should have supported the Crittenden Compromise / David M. Potter ; Lincoln's handling of the political battle that led to the Civil War / Frank van der Linden ; Crisis at Fort Sumter : Lincoln provoked the South into war / John Shipley Tilley ; Lincoln did not deliberately provoke war at Fort Sumter / Richard N. Current ; Lincoln's commitment to saving the Union / Lord Charnwood ; How Lincoln justified the war : from preserving the Union to abolishing slavery / Kenneth M. Stampp -- Suspension of the writ of habeas corpus -- Lincoln's temporary dictatorship / William Archibald Dunning ; Lincoln was right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus / J.G. Randall ; Lincoln reluctantly carried out a policy of repression / Dean Sprague ; Lincoln's repression of civil liberties has been exaggerated / James M. McPherson -- Great emancipator -- Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves / John Hope Franklin ; Radical Republicans in Congress forced Lincoln to adopt Emancipation / T. Harry Williams ; Lincoln held a lifelong commitment to Emancipation / LaWanda Cox ; Lincoln believed that saving the union and ending slavery were inseparable goals / David Livingstone -- Reconstruction -- Price of conservatism : the failure of Lincoln's 10 Percent Plan / Avery Craven ; Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan became increasingly radical / Hans L. Trefousse ; All of Lincoln's Reconstruction plans failed / William B. Hesseltine ; Lincoln was responsible for the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment / J.G. Randall and Richard N. Current.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 216-218) and index.
LCCN 2001023831
ISBN0737709170 (lib. bdg. : alk paper)
ISBN0737709162 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Stock number1011241 QBI

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