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Title: Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom: The Union and Slavery in the Diplomacy of the Civil War by Howard Jones ISBN: 080327565X Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: A Different Civil War Battle
Comment: What is the relation between the American Civil War and the Monroe Doctrine? Where's the connection between the Emancipation Proclamation and the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857? Did you know that one of the crucial battles of the Civil War was fought nowhere near the bloody fields of Virginia or Tennessee?
"Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom" traces the events surrounding Lincoln's fight to keep the European Powers from intervening on the side of the Confederacy. Without help from abroad the Confederate cause was virtually doomed; the leadership in Richmond compared their fight with that of the Revolutionary War of 1776-81 and the importance then of the active intervention of France. The stumbling block for the leaders of Britain and France in 1862 was slavery in the Southern states. While the upper classes who led these European nations were sympathetic to the South, the middle and working classes were against slavery and thus for the North.
What makes this book interesting is that it goes beyond high school level history and shows the complexities of British politics and French imperial ambitions. What happened was neither straightforward nor obvious. The twists and turns of diplomacy are shown along with the mistakes of ambitious leaders and politicians in stark contrast with the stubborn, steadfast policy of Lincoln himself.
The book has flaws, luckily, not many. The most notable one is the style of the writing. I suspect that Howard Jones, a history professor, is used to writing for his professional colleagues rather than the general public. The result is a bit turgid and does not read easily.
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Title: Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Michael B. Oren ISBN: 0195151747 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror by Bernard Lewis ISBN: 0679642811 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician by Anthony Everitt ISBN: 0375507469 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 04 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (Pivotal Moments in American History) by James M. McPherson ISBN: 0195135210 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer ISBN: 0393020258 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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