Lincoln, the War President: The Gettysburg Lectures

by Gabor S. Boritt

Book Overview

"Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg," writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments. In this book seven historians make that journey, five of them Pulitzer laureates, looking for Lincoln. Kenneth Stampp explores the issue of national self-determination, comparing the South's struggle for independence to others in history (including the post-Soviets in eastern Europe). Arthur Schlessinger, Jr. offers a provocative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195078918
• ISBN13: 9780195078916
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

An excellent collection of views.

Although at times the essays in this do not always focus directly on Lincoln, in one he is compared to Bismark, they all reflect the greatness of the man and his post in the Amercan Civil War. This is a must have for those interested in political control of the military, nation building, and or Lincoln.