Lincoln and the Democrats: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War

Lincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country's salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revealing that the role of a noxious 'white supremacy' in American politics of the period has been exaggerated - as has the power of the Copperheads - Neely revives the claim that the Civil War put the country on the road to 'human rights', and also uncovers a previously unnoticed tendency toward deceptive and impractical grandstanding on the Constitution during war in the United States.

Author: Mark E. Neely Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 01/30/2017
Pages: 218
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.11h x 6.14w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9781107637634

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2017