Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnSimon and Schuster, 08 դեկ, 2006 թ. - 944 էջ One of the most influential books of the past fifty years, Team of Rivals is Pulitzer Prize–winning author and esteemed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s modern classic about the political genius of Abraham Lincoln, his unlikely presidency, and his cabinet of former political foes. Winner of the prestigious Lincoln Prize and the inspiration for the Oscar Award winning–film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, directed by Steven Spielberg, and written by Tony Kushner. On May 18, 1860, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Edward Bates, and Abraham Lincoln waited in their hometowns for the results from the Republican National Convention in Chicago. When Lincoln emerged as the victor, his rivals were dismayed and angry. Throughout the turbulent 1850s, each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war. That Lincoln succeeded, Goodwin demonstrates, was the result of a character that had been forged by experiences that raised him above his more privileged and accomplished rivals. He won because he possessed an extraordinary ability to put himself in the place of other men, to experience what they were feeling, to understand their motives and desires. It was this capacity that enabled Lincoln as president to bring his disgruntled opponents together, create the most unusual cabinet in history, and marshal their talents to the task of preserving the Union and winning the war. We view the long, horrifying struggle from the vantage of the White House as Lincoln copes with incompetent generals, hostile congressmen, and his raucous cabinet. He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors, and in the case of Seward, finds a loyal and crucial friend to see him through. This brilliant multiple biography is centered on Lincoln's mastery of men and how it shaped the most significant presidency in the nation's history. |
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... Civil War 2 Political Map of the United States, circa 1856 138 Second Floor of the Lincoln White House 322 The Peninsula Campaign 424 Battlefields of the Civil War 496 INTRODUCTION In 1876, the celebrated orator Frederick Douglass ...
... Civil War 2 Political Map of the United States, circa 1856 138 Second Floor of the Lincoln White House 322 The Peninsula Campaign 424 Battlefields of the Civil War 496 INTRODUCTION In 1876, the celebrated orator Frederick Douglass ...
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... Civil War was over. Seward was no less ambitious, but he was far more at ease with diverse people, and more capable of discarding the burdens of office at the end of the day. Yet if Chase was somewhat priggish and more self-righteous ...
... Civil War was over. Seward was no less ambitious, but he was far more at ease with diverse people, and more capable of discarding the burdens of office at the end of the day. Yet if Chase was somewhat priggish and more self-righteous ...
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Political Map of the United States circa 1856 | 138 |
MASTER AMONG MEN | 321 |
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Epilogue | 751 |
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