Vindicating Lincoln
Subtitle: defending the politics of our greatest president
By: Thomas L. Krannawitter.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; Distributed by National Book Network
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9780742559721
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views; United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865; United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
Description: The author sets out to defend Abraham Lincoln from critics on both the left and the right and reintroduces readers to the man who defended the greatest ideals of freedom and equality at the darkest moment in American history.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Was Lincoln a racist?; title: Was the Kansas-Nebraska Act pro-choice or pro-slavery?; title: Who was right about the founding, Lincoln or Taney?; title: Was Lincoln a "child of his age?"; title: Do states possess a constitutional right of secession?; title: Was the Civil War caused by slavery or economics?; title: Was Lincoln's goal to preserve the Union or end slavery?; title: Was Lincoln the father of big government?; title: Was Lincoln a tyrant?