Tried by war Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief

Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.

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Main Author: McPherson, James M.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
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Summary:Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.
Physical Description:xv, 329 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781594201912
1594201919
Author Notes:James M. McPherson is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, which won a Pulitzer Prize in history, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, a Lincoln Prize winner. He is the George Henry Davis Professor of American History at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he also lives.

His newest book, entitled Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a short, but detailed look at this president's life. (Bowker Author Biography)