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0807136379
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Lincoln, the cabinet, and the generals /
[Book]
Chester G. Hearn.
Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
©2010.
1 online resource (xii, 357 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 336-344) and index.
CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1. "Make no contracts . . ."; 2. "Your troubles are over . . ."; 3. "They have gambled me . . ."; 4. "I can't afford to let Seward . . ."; 5. "If this must be done . . ."; 6. "The president is the best . . ."; 7. "The fat is all in the fire . . ."; 8. "The bottom is out of the tub"; 9. "I can't spare this man . . ."; 10. "If I could save the Union . . ."; 11. "In my position . . ."; 12. "If there is a worse place . . ."; 13. "My God, my God, what will . . ."; 14. "Grant is my man . . ."; 15. "Blood can not restore blood"; 16. "This nation, under God."
17. "What can I do . . ."18. "I will fight it out . . ."; 19. "It was best to not swap . . ."; 20. "I begin to see it"; 21. "What is the Presidency worth . . ."; 22. "It shows ... how sound and how strong . . ."; 23. "It made my heart jump"; 24. "Now he belongs to the ages"; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
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While numerous accounts exist of President Abraham LincolnÆs often-troubled dealings with either his cabinet or his generals, Chester G. HearnÆs illuminating history provides the first broad synthesis of LincolnÆs complex relationship with both groups. As such, it casts new light on much of the behind-the-scenes interplay, intrigue, and sparring between the president and his advisors and military commanders during the most precarious years of the Civil War. Turning first to LincolnÆs cabinet, Hearn explains that Lincoln exercised a unique decision-making process: he reached a firm conclusion o.
Lincoln, the cabinet, and the generals.
9780807136379
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Relations with cabinet officers.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865-- Relations with generals.
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865.
Cabinet officers-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Generals-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Political leadership-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
Cabinet officers.
Generals.
HISTORY.
Political leadership.
Politics and government-- Decision making.
Relations with cabinet officers.
Relations with generals.
United States, Politics and government, 1861-1865, Decision making.
United States.
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