03231nam 2200613Ia 450 991079197420332120230126204202.01-283-08467-897866130846750-7391-4991-1(CKB)2560000000072820(EBL)686271(OCoLC)719383451(SSID)ssj0000470935(PQKBManifestationID)11331960(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000470935(PQKBWorkID)10416555(PQKB)10585853(MiAaPQ)EBC686271(Au-PeEL)EBL686271(CaPaEBR)ebr10465473(CaONFJC)MIL308467(EXLCZ)99256000000007282020100923d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLincoln's enduring legacy[electronic resource] perspectives from great thinkers, great leaders, and the American experiment /edited by Robert P. Watson, William D. Pedersen, and Frank J. WilliamsLanham, MD Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-4989-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Part I: Introduction; 1 What Would Lincoln Do?; Part II: Lincoln's Legacy with Great Thinkers and Leaders; 2 Tolstoy's Lincoln; 3 Mill and Lincoln on Liberty; 4 Theodore Roosevelt and the Heirs of Abraham Lincoln; 5 Woodrow Wilson and Lincoln's Bridge to the World; 6 Lincoln's Impact on Martin Luther King Jr.; 7 Lincoln and the Idea of a Democratic Peace; Part III: Lincoln's Legacy and American Memory; 8 African American Memory and the Great Emancipator; 9 Lincoln, the Roosevelts, and Herbert Croly's America; 10 Lincoln's Relationship with Gentility in America11 Lincoln's Use of Religion and Morality12 Shaping American Foreign Policy: Comparing Lincoln/Seward and Nixon/Kissinger; 13 Lincoln as Father: Dealing with Tragedy in the White House; Part IV: Epilogue; 14 Abraham Lincoln's Enduring Legacy: Bicentennial Reflections; Index; About the ContributorsThis collection of highly readable and accessible essays on Lincoln's legacy offers a wide array of perspectives on the enduring impact of the nation's greatest president on leaders, thinkers, and American history. The book explores how Lincoln's words and deeds have influenced the pursuit of justice and freedom and the practice of democracy in the century and a half since he governed.Political leadershipUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPresidentsUnited StatesBiographyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentPhilosophyPolitical leadershipHistoryPresidents973.7092Watson Robert P.1962-1470162Pedersen William D1490363Williams Frank J214179MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791974203321Lincoln's enduring legacy3711712UNINA