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The fate of liberty : Abraham Lincoln and civil liberties /
The Fate of Liberty is a comprehensive look at the issues of civil liberties during Lincoln's administration, placing them in the political context of the time. It examines the practical impact on civil liberties of the policies Lincoln developed to save the Union. Neely focuses on Lincoln'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The Fate of Liberty is a comprehensive look at the issues of civil liberties during Lincoln's administration, placing them in the political context of the time. It examines the practical impact on civil liberties of the policies Lincoln developed to save the Union. Neely focuses on Lincoln's suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in a turbulent time of unforeseen events that threatened the stability of the nation - the threat to Washington as Maryland flirted with secession, disintegrating public order in the border states, corruption among military contractors, contraband trade with the South and the outcry against the first draft in United States history. Drawing upon letters from prisoners, records of military courts and federal prisons, memoirs, and federal archives, he paints a vivid picture of how Lincoln responded to these problems, how his policies were actually executed, and the virulent political debates that followed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 278 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0195080327 9780195080322 0195064968 9780195064964 142373792X 9781423737926 1280443316 9781280443312 0199728976 9780199728978 1601299141 9781601299147 9780199923489 0199923485 |