Lincoln's political thought /
The book concentrates on Lincoln's political ideas. His speeches, messages and letters were powerful and concise. They are of lasting theoretical interest and repay close attentive reading. Lincoln's words repay close interpretative reading because he was not always straightforward, and he...
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- The period of Lincoln
- Lincoln as a writer
- Lincoln's political religion of human equality
- Race and human equality
- Lincoln and the Constitution
- Civil War : Lincoln's doctrine of military necessity
- Lincoln's world outlook.