02783nam 2200469 a 450 991079120910332120221107234257.00-19-771101-40-19-983205-60-19-976270-82027/heb01656(CKB)2550000001204582(StDuBDS)AH24087845(dli)HEB01656(MiU)MIU01000000000000003865514(MiAaPQ)EBC716649(EXLCZ)99255000000120458219931025e19921991 |y |engurmnummmmuuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAbraham Lincoln and the second American Revolution[electronic resource] /James M. McPhersonNew York ;Oxford Oxford University Press19911 online resource (xiii,173 pages)0-19-505542-X 0-19-507606-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-167) and index.The main argument of this collection of essays is that Abraham Lincoln was the main catalyst of the American Civil War, a revolution with consequences as dramatic and far-reaching as the French Revolution. The author offers unusual perspectives on Lincoln's involvement in the war.Examines several critical themes in American history. The author looks closely at the President's role as Commander-in-Chief of the Union forces, showing how Lincoln forged a national military strategy for victory. He explores the importance of Lincoln's great rhetorical skills, uncovering how--through parables and figurative language--he was uniquely able to communicate both the purpose of the war and a new meaning of liberty to the people of the North. In another section, McPherson examines the Civil War as a Second American Revolution, describing how the Republican Congress elected in 1860 passed an astonishing blitz of new laws (rivaling the first hundred days of the New Deal), and how the war not only destroyed the social structure of the old South, but radically altered the balance of power in America, ending 70 years of Southern power in the national government. The Civil War was the single most transforming and defining experience in American history, and Abraham Lincoln remains the most important figure in the pantheon of our mythology.United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Influence973.7092McPherson James M136582American Council of Learned Societies.UkUkUkPrAHLSBOOK9910791209103321Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution1354514UNINA