New Birth of Freedom Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War

Name: New Birth of Freedom Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780847699537

ISBN-10: 0847699536

ISBN-13: 9780847699537

Edition: N/A

Authors: Harry V. Jaffa

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This book represents the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by Jaffa, and continues his piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln.

Book details

List price: $41.00
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 576
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.584

Harry V. Jaffa is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Political Philosophy Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University, a Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute, and the author of ten books. He lives in Claremont, California.



Preface



The Election of 1800 and the Election of 1860



The Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the Historians



The Divided American Mind on the Eve of Conflict: James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, and Alexander Stephens Survey the Crisis



The Mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the Argument and Action of the Debate That Shaped It--I



The Mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the Argument and Action of the Debate That Shaped It--II



July 4, 1861: Lincoln Tells Why the Union Must Be Preserved



Slavery, Secession, and State Rights: The Political Teaching of John C. Calhoun



"The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories"--A Commentary


Notes


Index


About the Author