Harris maintains that Lincoln held a fundamentally conservative position on the process of reintegrating the South, one that permitted a large measure of self-reconstruction, and that he did not modify his position late in the war. He examines the reasoning and ideology behind Lincoln's policies, describes what happened when military and civil agents tried to implement them at the local level, and evaluates Lincoln's successes and failures in bringing his restoration efforts to closure.
- ISBN10 081315927X
- ISBN13 9780813159270
- Publish Date 5 February 2015 (first published 28 September 2001)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint University Press of Kentucky
- Format eBook
- Pages 410
- Language English