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Abraham Lincoln and the Virtues of War - How Civil War Families Challenged and Transformed Our National Values (Hardcover)
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Abraham Lincoln and the Virtues of War - How Civil War Families Challenged and Transformed Our National Values (Hardcover)
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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 attest to
Lincoln's identification with family virtues, this is the first to
link Lincoln's personal biography with actual histories of families
at war. It analyzes the relationship that existed between Lincoln
and these families and assesses the moral struggles that validated
the families' decision for or against the conflict. Written to be
accessible to students and the general reader alike, the book
examines Lincoln's presidency as measured against the stories of
families, North and South, that struggled with his definition of
Union virtues. It looks at Lincoln's compelling case for democratic
values-among them, justice, patriotism, honor, and commitment-first
stated in his 1861 speech before Independence Hall. The work also
uses case studies to demonstrate how virtue, as practiced in
families, illuminated, contested, adapted, and even transformed his
concept, giving new meaning to the "virtues of war." Takes a new
approach to the study of the Civil War as it connects Lincoln to
families' assessment of their own and national virtues Provides a
unique viewpoint on Lincoln's virtues derived from his important
Independence Hall speech Shows how virtue helped to coalesce
families into one unified nation Is enlivened by short biographical
pieces in every chapter
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