Randall M. Miller
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The Scourge of War: The Life of William Tecumseh Sherman
Sometimes argumentative but always insightful, this study of Sherman ranks among the best renderings of the man and the conduct of the Civil War, and will help readers reconsider Sherman's character and the discipline necessary to succeed in war.
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The Lincoln Conspiracy: The Secret Plot To Kill America’s 16th President—and Why It Failed
While the authors offer no new information or interpretation of Lincoln’s preinaugural journey, which is better related in Ted Widmer’s Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington, the instructive accounting of the mentality, movements, and means of Pinkerton and his agents makes for a revealing look inside the world of secessionist fanaticism.
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Arguing until Doomsday: Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy
This work speaks to the internal tensions within party organizations, the blinding force of ambition, and the ways distrust of democratic processes and institutions can destroy democracy itself. In that, it is a book for our time.
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Lincoln on the Verge: Thirteen Days to Washington
Whether seasoned Lincoln scholars or interested general readers, all who pick up this book will learn much by going along for the ride with Widmer.
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River of Blood: American Slavery from the People Who Lived It
This important collection documents the experiences of formerly enslaved people and exposes readers to the difficult truths of American history. An eye-opening record and exploration of how the past informs our present.
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Every Drop of Blood: Hatred and Healing at Lincoln’s Second Inauguration
Although Achorn doesn’t offer new interpretations of Lincoln or his speech, he does, however, provide the fullest accounting of the inauguration experience. A solid history that will allow readers to feel as if they are in the moment.
When It Was Grand: The Radical Republican History of the Civil War
A new perspective on the Civil War. All will appreciate the gripping accounts of partisanship, political ambition, civil disobedience, and the creative ways that radicals used print and speech to persuade Americans to understand and accept the necessity of emancipation and the importance of equal rights.
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Lincoln’s Informer: Charles A. Dana and the Inside Story of the Union War
An insightful work about an influential but often overlooked political figure.
The American Story: Conversations with Master Historians
We do not know what members of Congress took away from the Dialogues, but readers of this book will learn much about biographical method, historical curiosity, and American exceptionalism. With close reading they will also realize that there is no one American story, Rubenstein’s claim notwithstanding.