A New Birth of Freedom

by Jaffa, Harry V.

• ISBN13: 9780847699537
• ISBN10: 0847699536
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This book represents the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by Jaffa, and continues his piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln.

Author Biography

Harry V. Jaffa is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Political Philosophy Emeritus at Claremont McKenna College and Claremont Graduate University, a distinguished fellow of the Claremont Institute, and the author of ten books.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Chapter 1 The Election of 1800 and the Election of 1860	1	(72)
Chapter 2 The Declaration of Independence, the Gettysburg Address, and the Historians	73	(80)
Chapter 3 The Divided American Mind on the Eve of Conflict: James Buchanan, Jefferson Davis, and Alexander Stephens Survey the Crisis	153	(84)
Chapter 4 The Mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the Argument and Action of the Debate That Shaped It-I	237	(48)
Chapter 5 The Mind of Lincoln's Inaugural and the Argument and Action of the Debate That Shaped It-II	285	(72)
Chapter 6 July 4, 1861: Lincoln Tells Why the Union Must Be Preserved	357	(46)
Chapter 7 Slavery, Secession, and State Rights: The Political Teaching of John C. Calhoun	403	(70)
Appendix "The Dividing Line between Federal and Local Authority: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories"-A Commentary	473	(16)
Notes	489	(48)
Index	537	(12)
About the Author	549