Lincoln's Marxists

by Al Benson Jr. and Walter Donald Kennedy

In 1865, Karl Marx, author of the Communist Manifesto, praised Lincoln as a "single-minded son of the working class." This book examines why Marx-and other socialists-supported Mr. Lincoln's War and notes his negative influence on modern society. Firsthand accounts and insight from notable historians shatter contemporary views of both the sixteenth president and the early Republicans.

Chapters emphasize the influence of the Forty-Eighters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158980905X
• ISBN13: 9781589809055
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.3"