Books by David von Drehle
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review 1: Abraham Lincoln was a hard working principled genius. And a pragmatist. This book covers 1862. The Civil War is on. President Lincoln is having difficulty piercing through the BS thrown up by his generals. However, by the end of the year he becomes, as a result of intense stu...
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review 1: An really well-written overview of 1862 and a general assessment of Lincoln's presidency. Civil War and Lincoln scholars will not find a lot of new material in this book, but it's packed with great quotes and really gives one a feel for the tumultuous political waters Lincoln wa...
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review 1: This short book (I read it in two hours, distracted while my fellow students were giving some painfully boring presentations in class) presents the argument that the South in the American Civil War was motivated primarily by a desire to extend and maintain slavery. My main criti...