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Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief Paperback - 2009
by James M. McPherson
A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with--and often against--his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander-in-chief as it exists today.
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The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it
As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln?s birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.
As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln?s birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.
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- Title Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
- Author James M. McPherson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: first
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2009-09-29
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780143116141 / 0143116142
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8.3 x 5.4 x 1 in (21.08 x 13.72 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Presidents - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Citations
- Library Journal, 01/01/2015, Page 0
- New York Times Book Review, 10/25/2009, Page 24
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