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Impeached: The Trial Of President Andrew Johnson And The Fight For Lincoln's Legacy (2009)

by David O. Stewart(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1416547495 (ISBN13: 9781416547495)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: This book served as a reminder to me that, while we think the hyper partisanship of today is despicable (and it is), it really is no worse - and sometimes even pales in comparison - to the political dogfights that took place over a century ago. In this drama, no side came out untainted by the impeachment process. Personal vendettas and agendas drove the impeachment movement forward, and vigorous bribing of senators seemed to be the only thing that kept Andrew Johnson from being impeached.
review 2: A well researched, well thought, easy to read book that helps one understand how we went from the Emancipation Proclamation and the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Jim Crow laws. It always seemed to me that the losers of the Civil War won as regards to keeping the bl... moreacks in slavery. I only had one argument with his reasoning. In one paragraph, he states that the changes in black rights came about when civil rights activists got the attention of the nation. In reality, the changes came about because of WW2 and the Nazis. Black soldiers came back unwilling to resume the yoke of Jim Crow laws. White soldiers came back with respect for the black soldiers they served with. And the nation was shamed by the Nazis using our inhumanity to the blacks, as well as native Americans, so the politicians finally had to do something to show we were better than the Nazis. Otherwise, a great read and I highly recommend it. less

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