VINDICATING LINCOLN: Defending the Ideals of Our Greatest President

by Krannawitter, Thomas L.

• ISBN13: 9780742559721
• ISBN10: 0742559726
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

"In this provocative and timely book, Thomas L. Krannawitter sets out to defend the man many consider to be our greatest president from critics on both the left and the right. For although public opinion polls tend to rank Lincoln among the country's most venerated presidents, he is also, paradoxically, the president who is least understood. While Lincoln's name is frequently invoked in contemporary American politics, few Americans understand or agree with the moral and political principles for which Lincoln gave his last full measure of devotion." "Vindicating Lincoln reintroduces us to Lincoln the statesman, the man who defended our greatest ideals of freedom and equality at the darkest moment in American history. Krannawitter shows us why it is in our interest not only to learn about Abraham Lincoln but to learn from him - to understand that Lincoln's guiding principles were not only true for his time but are true for ours as well."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Thomas L. Krannawitter is assistant professor of political science at Hillsdale College.

Table of Contents

Was Lincoln a Racist?	p. 13
Was the Kansas-Nebraska Act Pro-Choice or Pro-Slavery?	p. 47
Who Was Right about the Founding, Lincoln or Taney?	p. 77
Was Lincoln a "Child of His Age?"	p. 115
Do States Possess a Constitutional Right of Secession?	p. 145
Was the Civil War Caused by Slavery or Economics?	p. 205
Was Lincoln's Goal to Preserve the Union or End Slavery?	p. 263
Was Lincoln the Father of Big Government?	p. 289
Was Lincoln a Tyrant?	p. 317
Conclusion	p. 337
Index	p. 341
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