Tried by war : Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief / James M. McPherson.
| Author/creator | McPherson, James M. author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Penguin Press, 2008. |
| Description | xv, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief |
| Contents | The quest for a strategy, 1861 -- The bottom is out of the tub -- You must act -- A question of legs -- Destroy the rebel army, if possible -- The promise must now be kept -- Lee's army, and not Richmond, is your true objective point -- The heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion -- If it takes three years more -- No peace without victory. |
| Abstract | Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index. |
| Awards note | Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, 2009 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| LCCN | 2008025229 |
| ISBN | 9781594201912 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 1594201919 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (trade paperback) |
| ISBN | (trade paperback) |
| Standard identifier# | 9781594201912 53500 |