We Cannot Escape History
Subtitle: LINCOLN AND THE LAST BEST HOPE OF EARTH
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: February 13, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780252069819
Subjects: World history; U.S. President; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; Military - General; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Political Process - Leadership; Presidents & Heads of State; United States - Civil War
First sentence: Nearly all twentieth-century presidents have turned to history, especially to the records of their predecessors, to find justification for the policies they have wished to pursue.