Vindicating Lincoln: Defending the Politics of Our Greatest President
by Thomas L. Krannawitter
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Author: Thomas L. KrannawitterEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-25
ISBN: 0742559726
Number of pages: 376
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
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Book Review: An Impossible Task
Summary: 1 Stars
In Vindicating Lincoln, Mr. Krannawitter attempts the impossible - to re-whitewash the reputation of one of the worst men to ever occupy the office of president. The problem for all Lincoln apologists remains that there is simply too much source material from the period that shows the Lincoln administration for what it was - a brutal military dictatorship that trampled on the Constitution, started an illegal and unnecessary war, and caused the deaths or maimings of millions of Americans, North and South, from combat, deprivation, and disease. Unfortunately for Lincoln apologists, President Lincoln did arrest and imprison 30,000 Northerners simply for opposing his policies; did shut down Northern newspapers when they spoke against the abuses of his regime; did approve the waging of total war on the South, specifically targeting the civilian population; did use his position to enrich his friends at the expense of Northern soldiers and civilians; did commit other acts that betrayed his oath to defend the Constitution, instead using military and police power to strengthen the central government at the expense of individual liberties. The Constitution did not die when the first shot was fired at Fort Sumpter. Lincoln, however, did his best to kill it, and that alone is enough to earn him the right to be called one of America's worst presidents.
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In this reasoned argument against the prevailing orthodoxies of the right, left, and center, Krannawitter takes on all of Lincoln's detractors and reasserts his contemporary relevance. A heady mix of narrative history and political insights, Vindicating Lincoln reveals a man whose political and moral example sets him apart as the greatest President of the United States of America.General Books
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