Fate of Liberty Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties

Name: Fate of Liberty Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
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ISBN: 9780195080322

ISBN-10: 0195080327

ISBN-13: 9780195080322

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Mark E. Neely, Mark E. Neely

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The Fate of Liberty is a comprehensive look at the issues of civil liberties during Lincoln's administration, placing them in the political context of the time. It examines the practical impact on civil liberties of the policies Lincoln developed to save the Union. Neely focuses on Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in a turbulent time of unforeseen events that threatened the stability of the nation - the threat to Washington as Maryland flirted with secession, disintegrating public order in the border states, corruption among military contractors, contraband trade with the South and the outcry against the first draft in United States history. Drawing upon letters from…

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List price: $24.99
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/20/1992
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction



Actions without Precedent



Missouri and Martial Law



Low Tide for Liberty



Arrests Move South



The Dark Side of the Civil War



Numbers and Definitions



The Revival of International Law



The Irrelevance of the Milligan Decision



The Democratic Opposition



Lincoln and the Constitution


Epilogue


Notes


Index of Prisoners of State


Index