Lincoln and the Democrats
Subtitle: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jan 30, 2017
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781107637634
Description: "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." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Source title: Lincoln and the Democrats: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War (Cambridge Essential Histories)