Lincoln and the Democrats: The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War

By Mark E. Neely Jr.

Book Overview

Lincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country's salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revealing that the role of a noxious 'white supremacy' in American politics of the period has been exaggerated - as has the power of the Copperheads - Neely revives the claim that the Civil War put the country on the road to 'human rights', and also uncovers a previously unnoticed tendency toward deceptive and impractical grandstanding on the Constitution during war in the United States.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107637635
• ISBN13: 9781107637634
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"