Tried By War
by McPherson, James M
The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln?s birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.
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New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. As American Civil War historian and Pulitzer Prize winner McPherson demonstrates, Abraham Lincoln, with almost no military experience, created the post of Commander In Chief during the Civil War and then, while still managing his elected office of President with all its political turmoil, became the best Commander in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Books. Very Good. 5.45 x 0.97 x 8.4 inches. Paperback. 2009. 368 pages. <br>James M. McPherson's Tried by War is a perfect pri mer . . . for anyone who wishes to under?stand the evolution of t he president's role as commander in chief. Few histo?rians write as well as McPherson, and none evoke the sound of battle… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 329 p. 16 pp. illustrations, with a two-page map and pictorial endpapers. McPherson, the doyen of Civil War historians, offers firm evidence of Lincoln's military effectiveness in this typically well-reasoned, well-presented analysis. Signed by McPherson on a prefatory blank leaf. Octavo. A fine copy in a fine dust… Read more about this item Item Price
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Penguin Press HC, The, 2008., 2008. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Royal octavo, hardcover, VG first printing, in good beige pictorial dj with wear at fold edge. first printing. 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… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Penguin Books, 2009. 13th printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Thirteenth printing. Front cover creased. 2009 Trade Paperback. xvii, 329 pp. "As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried… Read more about this item Item Price
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