Lincoln and the RadicalsUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1941 - 413 strani Sometimes, in American politics, a conflict becomes so heated and divisive--as the conflict over slavery did--that the ground is set for civil war. Abraham Lincoln, a pragmatist who wanted to rebuild national unity, ran up against the radicals in his own party who insisted on a rigid solution, regardless of the cost to the country. |
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A House Divided | 3 |
The Opening of the Duel | 39 |
The Ides of December | 53 |
Seven Against McClellan | 91 |
Making McClellan Fight | 110 |
Tax Fight and Emancipate | 169 |
Fredericksburg and the Reign of Terror | 197 |
110 | 208 |
Molding the Northern Mind and Firing | 230 |
Fighting Joe Hooker and the Finest Army on | 263 |
Mcade and the Issue of Reconstruction | 288 |
The Election of 1864 | 319 |
Grant and the Final Victory over Lincoln | 334 |
Epilogue | 383 |
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