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9781574885897

Lincoln's American Dream : Clashing Political Perspectives

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  • Copyright: 2005-09-30
  • Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
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Summary

Despite the voluminous literature on the central figure in American history, no other book in the field of political science compares to Lincoln's American Dream. It addresses comprehensively the overarching themes of Lincoln's political thought and leadership through provocative and divergent interpretations from leading scholars. Each chapter is devoted to one of these major themes about Lincoln:- The Declaration and equality- Political ambition- Race and slavery- His democratic political leadership- Executive power- Religion and politics- The Union and the role of the stateThe book's thirty-three contributors include such respected Lincoln scholars and political commentators as Harry V. Jaffa, Stephen B. Oates, Mark E. Neely, Richard C. Current, Herman Belz, and Frank J. Williams.With an introduction by Kenneth L. Deutsch and Joseph R. Fornieri, Lincoln's American Dreamwill be of enduring interest to scholars, students, teachers, and Lincoln aficionados alike and will attract interest in the fields of American history, leadership, religion and culture, American studies, and African-American studies.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Jean Bethke Elshtain ix
Preface xi
Introduction 1(37)
CHAPTER 1: LINCOLN, THE DECLARATION, AND EQUALITY
Lincoln the Liberal Statesman, James G. Randall
38(22)
Equality: Commitment or Ideal, Willmoore Kendall
60(11)
Equality as a Conservative Principle, Harry V. Jaffa
71(27)
The Heresy of Equality: A Reply to Harry Jaffa, M.E. Bradford
98(17)
Equality, Justice, and the American Revolution: In Reply to Bradford's "The Heresy of Equality," Harry V. Jaffa
115(26)
CHAPTER 2: LINCOLN AND POLITICAL AMBITION
Lincoln after 175 Years: The Myth of the Jealous Son, Richard N. Current
141(6)
Lincoln after 175 Years: Conscious or Subconscious Caesarism: A Critique of Recent Scholarly Attempts to Put Lincoln on the Analyst's Couch, Richard O. Curry
147(6)
The Lincoln Legacy: A Long View, M.E. Bradford
153(9)
Lincoln's Lyceum Speech and the Origins of a Modern Myth, Mark E. Neely, Jr.
162(19)
CHAPTER 3: LINCOLN, RACE, AND SLAVERY
Only His Stepchildren: Lincoln and the Negro, Don E. Fehrenbacher
181(14)
In Isles Beyond the Main: Abraham Lincoln's Philosophy on Black Colonization, Jason H. Silverman
195(7)
Forced into Gory Lincoln Revisionism: A Review of Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream, Lucas E. Morel
202(5)
Towards a New Birth of Freedom, Stephen B. Oates
207(18)
CHAPTER 4: LINCOLN'S DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: UTOPIAN, PRAGMATIC, OR PRUDENT?
Abraham Lincoln: Principle and Pragmatism in Politics, T. Harry Williams
225(7)
On Professor Donald's Lincoln, Ethan Fishman
232(10)
Lincoln's Revolution, Ralph Lerner
242(14)
Abraham Lincoln: Republican in the White House, Stephen B. Oates
256(8)
A Political Source of Greatness: Lincoln and the Republican Party, Colleen Shogan and Robert Raffety
264(14)
CHAPTER 5: LINCOLN AND EXECUTIVE POWER
Lincoln in the Role of Dictator, James G. Randall
278(11)
Lincoln and the Constitution: The Dictatorship Question Reconsidered, Herman Belz
289(15)
Lincoln and Executive Power: Rebutting the Dictatorship Thesis, Jeffrey Crouch and Mark J. Rozell
304(7)
Abraham Lincoln and His Cabinet, Phillip G. Henderson
311(22)
CHAPTER 6: LINCOLN'S RELIGION AND POLITICS
Lincoln's Second Inaugural: The Zenith of Statecraft, William Lee Miller
333(17)
Lincoln and the Problem of Civil Religion, Michael P. Zuckert
350(16)
Lincoln and the Problem of Political Religion, Bruce P. Frohnen
366(12)
The Religion of Abraham Lincoln, Reinhold Niebuhr
378(15)
CHAPTER 7: LINCOLN, THE UNION, AND THE ROLE OF THE STATE
Lincoln as an Advocate of Positive Government, Frank J. Williams and William D. Pederson
393(5)
The Great Centralizer: Abraham Lincoln and the War between the States, Thomas J. DiLorenzo
398(25)
Forever Worthy of the Saving: Lincoln and a More Moral Union, Rogan Kersh
423(12)
Walt Whitman's Abraham Lincoln, George Anastaplo
435(20)
CHAPTER 8: LINCOLN FOR OUR TIME
What Is an American? Abraham Lincoln and "Multiculturalism," Richard N. Current
455(8)
On Abortion: A Lincolnian Position, George McKenna
463(22)
Afterword, Allen C. Guelzo 485(5)
Contributors 490(3)
Index 493

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