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President Lincoln : the duty of a statesman / William Lee Miller.

Miller, William Lee. (Author).

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Follows America's sixteenth president from inexperienced back-country politician to a head of state confronted by grave issues and moral dilemmas, as he struggled to preserve the United States of America while ending the unjust horrors of human slavery.

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  • ISBN: 9781400041039
  • Physical Description: ix, 497 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 Introduction: Honest Abe Among the Rulers 3 -- 1 A Solemn Oath Registered in Heaven 7 -- 2 Act Well Your Part, There All the Honor Lies 31 -- 3 On Mastering the Situation: The Drama of Sumter 48 -- 4 On Not Mastering the Situation: The Comedy of the Powhatan 72 -- 5 Days of Choices: Two April Sundays 91 -- 6 Realism Right at the Border 110 -- 7 Moral Meaning of the Union and the War 140 -- 8 Bull Run and Other Defeats: Lincoln's Resolve 155 -- 9 On Holding McClellan's Horse 169 -- 10 Trent and a Decent Respect for the Opinions of Mankind 193 -- 11 Too Vast for Malicious Dealing 212 -- Part 2 A Second Introduction: Lincoln's Nation Among the Nations 231 -- 12 I Felt It My Duty to Refuse 235 -- 13 In Giving Freedom to the Slave, We Assure Freedom to the Free 254 -- 14 Prompt Vindication of His Honor 273 -- 15 And the Promise Being Made, Must Be Kept 289 -- 16 Benign Prerogative to Pardon Unfortunate Guilt 314 -- 17 Must I Shoot a Simple Soldier Boy? 327 -- 18 A Hard War Without Hatred 351 -- 19 Temptation in August 370 -- 20 Almighty Has His Own Purposes 396 -- A Conclusion: Abraham Lincoln Among the Immortals 417.

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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Military leadership.
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Political leadership > United States > Case studies.
Command of troops > Case studies.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
United States > Politics and government > 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Moral and ethical aspects.
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