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03151aam a2200469 a 4500 001 02AC0B5E7B9411E093EFEEE86AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20230408010049 008 101022s2011 ncua 001 0deng 010 $a 2010044569 020 $a 1565123786 020 $a 9781565123786 035 $a (OCoLC)662397830 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d VP@ $d BKL $d CDX $d EEK $d WIH $d BWX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a E457.92 $b 2011 082 00 $a 973.7 $2 22 100 1 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865. 240 10 $a Selections. $f 2011 245 1 $a Lincoln on war / $c edited and with an introduction by Harold Holzer. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a Chapel Hill, N.C. : $b Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, $c c2011. 300 $a xxvi, 304 p. : $b ill. ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "Our greatest commander-in-chief speaks to America"--Jacket. 504 $a Includes index. 520 $a President Lincoln used his own weapons--his words--to fight the Civil War as brilliantly as any general who ever took the field. In Lincoln on War, historian Harold Holzer gathers and interprets Lincoln's speeches, letters, memoranda, orders, telegrams, and casual remarks, organizing them chronologically and allowing readers to experience Lincoln's growth from an eager young Indian War officer to a middle-aged dove congressman to a surprisingly hardened and determined hawk as the Union's commander-in-chief. We observe a man willing to sacrifice life and treasure in unprecedented quantities, to risk wounding the pride of vain generals, and even to mislead the public if it meant the preservation of an unbreakable union of states, the destruction of slavery, and the restoration of America as an example to inspire the world. This volume covers strategy; tactics; the endless hiring, sustaining, motivating, and dismissal of commanders; military discipline; and military technology. Modern commanders-in-chief have repeatedly quoted Lincoln to justify their own wars, so it behooves us as citizens to know Lincoln's record well. From masterpieces such as the Gettysburg Address to lesser-known meditations on God's purposes, Lincoln on War is the first book to highlight exclusively Lincoln's sublime and enduring words on war.--From publisher description. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Military leadership $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Communications $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Communications $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Moral and ethical aspects $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Moral and ethical aspects $v Sources. 651 0 $a United States $x Campaigns $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Campaigns $v Sources. 650 0 $a Executive power $z United States $x History $y 19th century $v Sources. 700 1 $a Holzer, Harold. 941 $a 6 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305030857.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722030827.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20210105041424.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20200829011553.0 952 $l N4AX745 $d 20180808035606.0 952 $l OUAX845 $d 20120821012019.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=02AC0B5E7B9411E093EFEEE86AFF544E 994 $a 92 $b IW9Initiate Another SILO Locator Search