Lincoln and the decision for war : the northern response to secession
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- Label
- Lincoln and the decision for war : the northern response to secession
- Title remainder
- the northern response to secession
- Statement of responsibility
- Russell McClintock
- Subject
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- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Entscheidungsfindung
- Entscheidungsfindung
- Geschichte 1850-1900.
- Geschichte 1860-1861.
- History
- Kriegsausbruch
- Kriegsbeginn
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Pensée politique et sociale
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political and social views
- Mythes politiques -- États-Unis (Nord) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Nationalism
- Nationalism -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century
- Nationalisme -- États-Unis (Nord) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Northeastern States
- Northeastern States -- Politics and government -- 19th century
- Oorsprong
- Opinion publique -- États-Unis (Nord) -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- Political and social views
- Political culture
- Political culture -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century
- Politics and government
- Politics and government -- Decision making
- Public opinion
- Public opinion -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century
- Secession -- Public opinion
- Secession -- Southern States -- Public opinion
- Sezessionskrieg
- Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)
- Southern States
- Sécession -- États-Unis (Sud) -- Opinion publique
- 1800-1899
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 -- Decision making
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Decision making
- Verenigde Staten
- War -- Causes
- États-Unis (Nord) -- Politique et gouvernement -- 19e siècle
- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Causes
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1857-1861 -- Prise de décision
- États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1861-1865 -- Prise de décision
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. Some argued that disunion must be prevented, even if it meant going to war; others insisted that responding with force would only render reunion impossible. In this groundbreaking book, the first major study in over fifty years of how the North handled the secession crisis, Russell McClintock follows the decision-making process to the one man who could ultimately make the call for war: Lincoln. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. He argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan newspapers and officials, the actual decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller handful of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or a sword. McClintock shows that only after a desperate struggle to peaceably prevent the nation's disintegration did Lincoln opt for war. At that point, in his most controversial move of the long secession winter, Lincoln arranged events in such a way that Northerners could not help but place the blame for opening hostilities where he believed it belonged: on the seceding states. With the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, Northern partisan rancor dissolved into consensus on the critical issue of national survival, making war all but inevitable."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 973.7
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E456
- LC item number
- .M26 2008
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Civil War America
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