The War Worth Fighting, livre ebook

This volume of original essays, featuring an all-star lineup of Civil War and Lincoln scholars, provides the most current interpretations of the period and the man thrust into its center. Perhaps no one who ever pledged to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and defend the Constitution faced such fundamental challenges. The contributors to this volume examine how Lincoln actively and consciously managed the war—diplomatically, militarily, and in the realm of what we might now call public relations—and in doing so, reshaped and redefined the fundamental role of the president.

Introduction
Stephen D. Engle

Part 1. Lincoln’s War and the People’s Contest

Chapter 1. The Passage of Lincoln’s Republic: Providence in Progress
Orville Vernon Burton

Chapter 2. The President as Pedagogue: Teaching Citizenship in Time of War
J. Matthew Gallman

Chapter 3. Lincoln as Commander in Chief: Forays into Generalship
Mark Grimsley

Part 2. The War beyond the White House

Chapter 4. The Political Culture of the North: Party Politics of Nation and State
Jennifer L. Weber

Chapter 5. Legalities in Wartime: The Myth of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
Mark E. Neely Jr.

Chapter 6. Emancipation in Washington, D.C.: Battleground for Freedom and Reconstruction
Kate Masur

Part 3. The Visible Hand of Leadership at Home and Abroad

Chapter 7. Lincoln as Leader: The Visible Hand of the Presidency
Richard J. Carwardine

Chapter 8. Lincoln as Chief Diplomat in War: Perception and Reality
Howard Jones

Chapter 9. Wartime Reconstruction: Constructing the Union’s New Cornerstone
Brooks D. Simpson

Epilogue. Lincoln’s Presidential Legacy: The Last Best Hope
Michael Burlingame

List of Contributors

Index