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Title: Crisis of the House Divided: An Interpretation of the Issues in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Harry V. Jaffa ISBN: 0-226-39113-2 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Stunningly great book on Lincoln
Comment: For an account of Lincoln's thought (as well as Douglas') that serves to the credit of both of them, read this book. One of the finest books I have ever read, there are some chapters on Lincoln's thought that you will read time and time again. My copy of the book is marked up with great quotes where Harry Jaffa shows great insight into the tension and wonder that is the democratic thought of Abraham Lincoln, quite possibly the greatest democratic leader in history. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to know about the mind of Lincoln before the Civil War.
Rating: 5
Summary: The one to read
Comment: If you want to read one book about Lincoln's thought, this is the one to read. The first part of the book, which takes Douglas seriously and states the strongest case for him, is historically dense and may be difficult for most readers. But keep going, because the payoff will be great. There follow chapters on two of Lincoln's early speeches. Jaffa's analysis here is brilliant, though perhaps a bit far-fetched. In the final part of the book, Jaffa states the case for Lincoln against Douglas. This part is rich in its ideas, rigorous in its reasoning, and eloquent to the point of being inspirational. (By the way, if you want to read one biography of Lincoln, I'd recommend the one by Lord Charnwood. Though written almost a century ago and therefore not up to date on all the details of historical scholarship, it is judicious throughout and beautifully written.)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Second American Founding
Comment: Perhaps the most interesting thing about Jaffa is that he wrote Goldwater's famous "moderation in the defense of freedom is no virtue" speech. If you go back and read the speech (and it is on the web, of course), it echoes both the Old Testament ("our fathers") and Lincoln. I suspect he would agree with the man who told me that Lincoln is the greatest prose stylish in the English language. As for the book, Jaffa interprets the civil war as the second, and genuine, founding of the American republic, and precisely because the principle of the Declaration, equality, was written not in ink but blood (Jaffa has his own brand of Lincolnian Christianity). Lincoln, by this reading, belongs to the "tribe of the eagle and the lion" and was neither Caesar nor Brutus but possessed the best qualities of both. To understand that part of Jaffa's interpretation, you would have to read his treatment of Shakespeare. As for the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Jaffa stages Douglas as Thrasymachus and Lincoln--surprise, surprise--as Socrates.
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Title: A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War by Harry V. Jaffa ISBN: 0847699528 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing (via NBN) Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Prelude to Greatness Lincoln in the 1850's by Don E. Fehrenbacher ISBN: 0804701202 Publisher: Stanford Univ Pr Pub. Date: December, 1962 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Shakespeare's Politics by Allan Bloom, Harry V. Jaffa ISBN: 0226060411 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.50 |
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Title: The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics by Don E. Fehrenbacher ISBN: 0195145887 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $23.50 |
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Title: Abraham Lincoln : Speeches and Writings 1832-1858 (Library of America) by Abraham Lincoln, Don E. Fehrenbacher ISBN: 0940450437 Publisher: Library of America Pub. Date: October, 1989 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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