Title: Lincoln and the Democrats
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
Subjects: Lincoln, abraham, 1809-1865, United states, politics and government, 1861-1865, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, Politics and government, History, Political aspects