LEADER 02649nam 2200421 a 450 001 9910453457203321 005 20210113131011.0 010 $a0-19-976270-8 035 $a(CKB)2550000001204582 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24087845 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC716649 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001204582 100 $a19931025e19921991 |y | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmnummmmuuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAbraham Lincoln and the second American Revolution$b[electronic resource] /$fJames M. McPherson 210 $aNew York ;$aOxford $cOxford University Press$d1991 215 $a1 online resource (xiii,173 pages) 311 $a0-19-505542-X 311 $a0-19-507606-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 153-167) and index. 330 $aThe 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. 330 $bExamines 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. 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xInfluence 608 $aElectronic books. 676 $a973.7092 700 $aMcPherson$b James M$0136582 712 02$aAmerican Council of Learned Societies. 801 0$bUk 801 1$bUk 801 2$bUkPrAHLS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453457203321 996 $aAbraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution$91354514 997 $aUNINA