04048nam 2200805 a 450 991045162230332120200520144314.01-4696-0379-90-8078-8632-7(CKB)1000000000487678(EBL)361351(OCoLC)476190259(SSID)ssj0000192557(PQKBManifestationID)11166409(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192557(PQKBWorkID)10215636(PQKB)10348236(SSID)ssj0000777526(PQKBManifestationID)12267252(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000777526(PQKBWorkID)10774192(PQKB)11641033(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245463(MiAaPQ)EBC361351(OCoLC)233572740(MdBmJHUP)muse23471(Au-PeEL)EBL361351(CaPaEBR)ebr10273460(CaONFJC)MIL929188(EXLCZ)99100000000048767820070717d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln and the decision for war[electronic resource] the northern response to secession /Russell McClintockChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (401 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-8078-7154-0 0-8078-3188-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-370) and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. On the Brink of the Precipice: The Election of 1860; 2. I Would Not Endanger the Perpetuity of This Union: November; 3. Proportions of Which I Had but a Faint Conception: Early December; 4. The Issues of the Late Campaign Are Obsolete: Late December; 5. We Know Not What a Day or Two or an Hour May Bring Forth: December–January; 6. One's Opinions Change Fast in Revolutionary Times: January–February; 7. The Storm Is Weathered: January–February, Revisited; 8. A Calm Pervades the Political World: March9. Any Decision Would Be Preferable to This Uncertainty: March–April10. Everybody Now Is for the Union: April–May; Conclusion: Shall It Be Peace, or a Sword?; Notes; Bibliography; Index;When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking book, the first major study in over 50 years of how the North handled the secession crisis, McClintock follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. 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 theCivil War America.SecessionSouthern StatesPublic opinionNationalismNortheastern StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureNortheastern StatesHistory19th centuryPublic opinionNortheastern StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1861-1865Decision makingUnited StatesPolitics and government1857-1861Decision makingUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865CausesNortheastern StatesPolitics and government19th centuryElectronic books.SecessionPublic opinion.NationalismHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryPublic opinionHistory973.7McClintock Russell1053684MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451622303321Lincoln and the decision for war2485721UNINA