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Lincoln and the fight for peace / John Avlon.
"A groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War-a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and peace, race and reconciliation"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982108120
- ISBN: 1982108126
- Physical Description: x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction -- Section 1: With malice toward none -- Section II: Unconditional surrender: Lincoln at war. Black in blue and gray -- Father Abraham on the front lines -- Lincoln and the kittens -- Peacemakers on the River Queen -- The ghosts of Petersburg -- Section III: A magnanimous peace: Lincoln and the fall of Richmond. Inside the Confederate White House -- Conversations with the enemy -- Dixie and Macbeth -- Section IV: Appomattox and the art of peace. "We are all Americans" -- Lincoln's last speech -- Good Friday, 1865 -- Section V: Reconstruction: a tragedy in three acts. The anti-Lincoln -- USA vs. KKK -- The star-spangled banner -- Section VI: The fight for peace. Woodrow Wilson's lost cause -- Deploying the Lincoln legend -- A plan to win the peace -- Denazification and democratization -- MacArthur and the emperor -- "The golden rule for world peace" -- Conclusion. |
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| Barry Lawrence - Monett Library | 973.7092 AVL (Text) | 37884103309468 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Barry Lawrence - Mt. Vernon Library | 973.7092 AVL (Text) | 37884103309583 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Northwest | 973.7092 AVLON (Text) | 30051100015863 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Windsor | 973.7092 AVLON (Text) | 30065100015871 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Riverside Regional-Main | 973.7092 AVL (Text) | 30000005517895 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Pacific | 973.7 AVL (Text) | 3007589029 | NonFiction | Available | - |
| St. Joseph - East Hills Library | 973.7092 AVL (Text) | 32002005421563 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
