Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation. Constitutional Conflict in the American C

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Title: Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation. Constitutional Conflict in the American Civil War 
Summary: The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented and, to this day, still unmatched strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation , Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Mark Neely examines for the first time in one book the U.S. Constitution and its often overlooked cousin, the Confederate Constitution, and the ways the documents shaped the struggle for national survival.
Previous scholars have examined wartime challenges to civil liberties and questions of presidential power, but Neely argues that the constitutional conflict extended to the largest questions of national existence. Drawing on judicial opinions, presidential state papers, and political pamphlets spiced with the everyday immediacy of the partisan press, Neely reveals how judges, lawyers, editors, politicians, and government officials, both North and South, used their constitutions to fight the war and save, or create, their nation.
Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation illuminates how the U.S. Constitution not only survived its greatest test but emerged stronger after the war. That this happened at a time when the nation's very existence was threatened, Neely argues, speaks ultimately to the wisdom of the Union leadership, notably President Lincoln and his vision of the American nation.
Author: Mark E. Neely JR.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press. Chapel Hill
Year Published: 2011
Edition: 1st Edition
Dimensions: 24cm x 16cm 
Binding type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780807835180
Notes: 
SKU: VSS / 261 / G / 7042 / 5386
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Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Handling marks, marks
Book condition: Very good. Handling marks, marks
Binding: Intact
Pages: 408 pages
 
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