Vindicating Lincoln - Defending the Politics of Our Greatest President

Informationen zum Autor By Thomas L. Krannawitter Klappentext In this reasoned polemic against the prevailing orthodoxies of the right, left, and center, Krannawitter takes on all of Lincoln's detractors and reasserts his contemporary relevance. A heady mix of narrative history and political insight, Vindicating Lincoln reveals a man whose political and moral example sets him apart as the greatest President of the United States of America. Introduction Chapter 1: Was Lincoln a Racist? Chapter 2: Was the Kansas-Nebraska Act Pro-Choice or Pro-Slavery? Chapter 3: Who was Right about the Founding Fathers, Lincoln or Taney? Chapter 4: Was Lincoln a "Child of His Age"? Chapter 5: Do States Possess a Constitutional Right of Secession? Chapter 6: Was the Civil War Caused by Slavery or Economics? Chapter 7: Was Lincoln's Goal to Preserve the Union or End Slavery? Chapter 8: Was Lincoln the Father of Big Government? Chapter 9: Was Lincoln a Tyrant? Conclusion

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• Authors: Thomas Krannawitter, Thomas L Krannawitter, Thomas L. Krannawitter, Krannawitter Thomas L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.12.2010
• EAN: 9780742559738
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-5973-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, History of the Americas