Tried by war : Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief / James M. McPherson.
Publication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2008.Description: xv, 329 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781594201912
- 1594201919
- 973.7092 22
- E457.2 .M478 2008
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-314) and index.
Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.
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