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04235aam a2200529 i 4500 001 6F939C36908811EC86911DBE31ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220218010020 008 211006t20222022nyuacf b 001 0deng 010 $a 2021042304 020 $a 1982108126 020 $a 9781982108120 035 $a (OCoLC)1259048027 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d TOH $d ACN $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 973.7092 $2 23/eng/20211006 100 1 $a Avlon, John P., $e author. 245 10 $a Lincoln and the fight for peace / $c John Avlon. 246 3 $a Lincoln & the fight for peace 250 $a First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Simon & Schuster, $c 2022. 300 $a x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm 520 $a "A groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War-a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and peace, race and reconciliation"-- $c Provided by publisher. 520 $a As the tide of the Civil War turned in the spring of 1865, Abraham Lincoln took a dangerous two-week trip to visit the troops on the front lines accompanied by his young son, seeing combat up close, meeting liberated slaves in the ruins of Richmond, and comforting wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. The power of Lincoln's personal example in the closing days of the war offers a portrait of a peacemaker. He did not demonize people he disagreed with. He used humor, logic, and scripture to depolarize bitter debates. Balancing moral courage with moderation, Lincoln believed that decency could be the most practical form of politics, but he understood that people were more inclined to listen to reason when greeted from a position of strength. Ulysses S. Grant's famously generous terms of surrender to General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox that April were a direct expression of the president's belief that a soft peace should follow a hard war. While his assassination sent the country careening off course, Lincoln's vision would be vindicated long after his death, inspiring future generations in their own quests to secure a just and lasting peace. As US General Lucius Clay, architect of the post-WWII German occupation, said when asked what guided his decisions: "I tried to think of the kind of occupation the South would have had if Abraham Lincoln had lived." Lincoln and the Fight for Peace reveals how Lincoln's character informed his commitment to unconditional surrender followed by a magnanimous peace. Even during the Civil War, surrounded by reactionaries and radicals, he refused to back down from his belief that there is more that unites us than divides us. But he also understood that peace needs to be waged with as much intensity as war. Lincoln's plan to win the peace is his unfinished symphony, but in its existing notes, we can find an anthem that can begin to bridge our divisions today. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-339) and index. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Influence. 600 10 $a Lincoln, Abraham, $d 1809-1865 $x Military leadership. 651 0 $a United States $x Peace. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Peace. 650 0 $a Civil-military relations $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 941 $a 15 952 $l GZPE631 $d 20240305021506.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010031849.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230302020438.0 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20230107012519.0 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20220720010111.0 952 $l OEPC877 $d 20220714140758.0 $m 973.7092 Avl 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20220707010704.0 952 $l XHPD657 $d 20220705011205.0 952 $l SXPC124 $d 20220705011123.0 952 $l CDPF771 $d 20220702010327.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20220630012944.0 952 $l YGPC162 $d 20220507012138.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20220412014710.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20220405013948.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220218010112.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6F939C36908811EC86911DBE31ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search