LEADER 02371nam 2200457 450 001 9910793779803321 005 20181204085305.0 010 $a0-8093-3738-X 035 $a(CKB)4100000008780649 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5839839 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008780649 100 $a20190828d2019 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAbraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy /$fJon D. Schaff 210 1$aCarbondale :$cSouthern Illinois University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (207 pages) 300 $aSignificant revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Loyola University Chicago, 2002, titled The domestic Lincoln : presidential leadership, realignment and public policy. 311 $a0-8093-3737-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLincoln and the architecture of democracy's soul -- Lincoln and the political virtues of prudence and moderation -- Lincoln and the defense of natural rights -- Lincoln's political economy in the American tradition -- The domestic Lincoln: presidential power and the Second American Revolution -- Lincoln and the Second American Revolution -- Whigs and Lincoln: a realignment reconsidered -- The domestic Lincoln and Congressional government. 330 $a"Schaff analyzes how Lincoln's political thought and presidential statesmanship illustrate the need for a limit to democratic excess. Decent government, he argues, demands a balance of competing political goods as well as the strong statesmanship Lincoln exemplified to maintain that equilibrium"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aPolitical leadership$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1861-1865 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865 615 0$aPresidents 615 0$aPolitical leadership$xHistory. 676 $a973.7092 700 $aSchaff$b Jon D.$f1971-$01512152 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793779803321 996 $aAbraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy$93745912 997 $aUNINA