Lincoln über alles
Subtitle: dictatorship comes to America
By: John Avery Emison.
Publisher: Pelican Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781589806924
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Military leadership; Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Relations with German Americans; German Americans -- History -- 19th century; Forty-Eighters (American immigrants); Federal government -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Secession -- United States; Germany -- History -- Revolution, 1848-1849 -- Refugees; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Race : the eight-hundred pound gorilla of American history; title: The German Forty-Eighters : Lincoln's indispensable allies; title: Lincoln's call for troops : six governors say "No"; title: Secession, the Constitution, and law; title: Sovereignty and the historical context of secession; title: War crimes : Lincoln prosecutes the war on the South; title: Secession : legal in 1860, legal today; title: One nation under surveillance : will the Republic terminate in an empire?