Lincoln's war, the untold story of America's greatest president as commander in chief, Geoffrey Perret
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Lincoln's war, the untold story of America's greatest president as commander in chief, Geoffrey Perret
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-452) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
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illustrationsplatesportraitsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Lincoln's war
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bibliography
Oclc number
52937691
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Geoffrey Perret
Sub title
the untold story of America's greatest president as commander in chief
Summary
An account of Abraham Lincoln's specific contributions to the Civil War discusses his creation of the role of the nation's commander in chief and his relationships with his military leaders, spies, and weapons pioneers
Table Of Contents
Follow me -- Let it come -- Three years or the war -- First martyr, first hero -- Short road to a long war -- The battle for public opinion -- Little Mac -- Manifestly astray -- Great Scott -- Bog of war -- Groping and hoping -- Western horizons -- Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds -- Two irons in the fire -- The meteor man -- Bloody and muddy -- Desperate measures -- Déjà vu carousel -- A chapter closes -- How low can you go? -- Sifting out the hearts of men -- Counsels of war -- The art of command -- North and South -- Man power -- Jailer visionary -- Westward, look! -- Fuglemen lost -- Man, thinking -- Boys in blue -- The first general -- Soldier, soldier -- Endgame -- The last tattoo
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- Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Executive power
- Biography
- Politics and government
- History
- 1800-1899
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Militärischer Führer
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- United States
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Sezessionskrieg
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership
- Military leadership
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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- Executive power -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- Executive power
- Biography
- Politics and government
- History
- 1800-1899
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
- Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
- Militärischer Führer
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- United States
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- Sezessionskrieg
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Military leadership
- Military leadership
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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