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Lincoln & Liberty: Wisdom for the Ages Kindle Edition
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Essays exploring the sixteenth president’s political philosophy.
Generations of Americans have studied Abraham Lincoln’s life, presidency, and leadership, often remaking him into a figure suited to the needs and interests of their own time. This illuminating volume takes a different approach to his political thought and practice. Here, a distinguished group of contributors argue that Lincoln’s relevance today is best expressed by rendering an accurate portrait of him in his own era. They seek to understand Lincoln as he understood himself and as he attempted to make his ideas clear to his contemporaries. What emerges is a portrait of a prudent leader who is driven to return the country to its original principles in order to conserve it.
The contributors demonstrate that, far from advocating an expansion of government beyond its constitutional limits, Lincoln defended both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. In his introduction, Justice Clarence Thomas discusses how Lincoln used the ideological and structural underpinnings of those founding documents to defeat slavery and secure the liberties that the Republic was established to protect. Other chapters reveal how Lincoln upheld the principle of limited government even as he employed unprecedented war powers.
Featuring contributions from leading scholars such as Michael Burlingame, Allen C. Guelzo, Fred Kaplan, and Matthew Pinsker, this innovative collection presents fresh perspectives on Lincoln both as a political thinker and a practical politician. Taken together, these essays decisively demonstrate that the most iconic American president still has much to teach the modern-day student of politics.
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe University Press of Kentucky
- Publication dateJanuary 20, 2015
- Reading age18 years and up
- File size1590 KB
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"A first-rate collection of diverse authors, each of whom brings a useful perspective the subject of Lincoln's political thought."―Brian Dirck, Anderson University
"The enormously wideranging and strikingly original approaches to such a broad variety of subjects make Lincoln and Liberty: Wisdom for the Ages suggested reading for both scholars and students alike, regardless of one's political orientation."―Civil War Book Review --This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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- ASIN : B00P9ZQPW8
- Publisher : The University Press of Kentucky (January 20, 2015)
- Publication date : January 20, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 1590 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 507 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,534,027 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #542 in Abolition History of the U.S.
- #2,798 in American Civil War Biographies (Books)
- #2,816 in Federal Government
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