Significant Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Loyola University Chicago, 2002, titled The domestic Lincoln : presidential leadership, realignment and public policy. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Lincoln and the architecture of democracy's soul -- Lincoln and the political virtues of prudence and moderation -- Lincoln and the defense of natural rights -- Lincoln's political economy in the American tradition -- The domestic Lincoln: presidential power and the Second American Revolution -- Lincoln and the Second American Revolution -- Whigs and Lincoln: a realignment reconsidered -- The domestic Lincoln and Congressional government.
Summary:
"Schaff analyzes how Lincoln's political thought and presidential statesmanship illustrate the need for a limit to democratic excess. Decent government, he argues, demands a balance of competing political goods as well as the strong statesmanship Lincoln exemplified to maintain that equilibrium"-- Provided by publisher.
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