The clashes between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers went to the heart of Lincoln's presidency. James Simon, author of the acclaimed What Kind of Nation, brings to vivid life the passionate struggle during the worst crisis in the nation's history, the Civil War. The issues that underlaid that crisis -- race, states' rights, and the president's wartime authority -- resonate today in the nation's political debate.
- ISBN10 0743298462
- ISBN13 9780743298469
- Publish Date 7 November 2006
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Simon & Schuster
- Format eBook
- Pages 336
- Language English