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020 _a9781594201912
050 0 0 _aE457.2
_b.M478 2008
082 0 0 _a92 LIN
100 1 _aMcPherson, James M.
245 1 0 _aTried by war
_b: Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief
_c/ James M. McPherson
260 _aNew York
_b: Penguin Press
_c, 2008.
300 _axv, 329 p., [16] p. of plates
_b: ill., map
_c; 25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-314) and index.
520 _aEvaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role.
600 1 0 _aLincoln, Abraham
_d, 1809-1865
650 0 _aExecutive Power
_x--United States -- History
650 4 _aPresidents
_z-United States
_x-Wives
_v--Biography
651 4 _aUnited States
_x-History
_y-Civil war, 1861-1865
651 _aUnited States
_x-Politics and government
_y-1815-1861
942 _cMO
999 _c259661
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