Lincoln's war : the untold story of America's greatest president as commander in chief / Geoffrey Perret
| Author(s): | Perret, Geoffrey |
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| Subjects: | Executive power--United States--History--19th century United States--Politics and government--1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Military leadership |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Published: | New York : Random House, c2004 |
| LC Classification: | E |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2003058703 ISBN: 0375507388 (acid-free paper) Includes bibliographical references (p. [407]-452) and index Contents: Follow me -- Let it come -- Three years or the war -- First martyr, first hero -- Short road to a long war -- The battle for public opinion -- Little Mac -- Manifestly astray -- Great Scott -- Bog of war -- Groping and hoping -- Western horizons -- Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds -- Two irons in the fire -- The meteor man -- Bloody and muddy -- Desperate measures -- Déjà vu carousel -- A chapter closes -- How low can you go? -- Sifting out the hearts of men -- Counsels of war -- The art of command -- North and South -- Man power -- Jailer visionary -- Westward, look! -- Fuglemen lost -- Man, thinking -- Boys in blue - The first general -- Soldier, soldier -- Endgame -- The last tattoo |
| Physical Description: | xv, 470 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 52937691 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0375507388 |