Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:James M. McPhersonAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2009-09-01Pages:368
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143116141ISBN-10:143116142UPC:9780143116141Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Presidents & Heads of State, HistoricalBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:8.30 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SC7E46T2GJ
"James M. McPherson's Tried by War is a perfect primer . . . for anyone who wishes to understand the evolution of the president's role as commander in chief. Few historians write as well as McPherson, and none evoke the sound of battle with greater clarity." --The New York Times Book Review The Pulitzer Prize-winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143116141ISBN-10:143116142UPC:9780143116141Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, Presidents & Heads of State, HistoricalBook Topic:Civil War Period (1850-1877)Size:8.30 x 5.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.75Product ID:SC7E46T2GJ
James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History Emeritus at Princeton University. He is the bestselling author of numerous books on the Civil War, including Battle Cry of Freedom, which won the Pulitzer Prize, For Cause and Comrades, which won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, and Crossroads of Freedom. He lives in Princeton, NJ.
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