Abraham Lincoln and the Virtues of War: How Civil War Families Challenged and Transformed Our National Values

by Jean E. Friedman

Book Overview

This study introduces a new perspective on Lincoln and the Civil War through an examination of his declaration of our national values and the subsequent interpretation of those values by families during the war.

This volume is a completely new approach to Civil War history. Historians rightly regard Abraham Lincoln as a moral exemplar, a president who gave new life to the national values that defined America. While some previous studies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1440833613
• ISBN13: 9781440833618
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"