Elusive victories : the American presidency at war /

On April 4, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the Civil War. "I claim not to have controlled events," he wrote in a letter, "but confess plainly that events have controlled me." Lincoln's words carry an invaluable lesson for wartime...

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Main Author: Polsky, Andrew Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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