McPherson, James M. <br/><br/>
Tried by war :  Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief / 
 Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief 
James M. McPherson. 
 - New York :  Penguin Press,  2008. 
 - xv, 329 pages, [16] pages of plates :  illustrations, map ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index. 
<br/><br/>The quest for a strategy, 1861 -- The bottom is out of the tub -- You must act -- A question of legs -- Destroy the rebel army, if possible -- The promise must now be kept -- Lee's army, and not Richmond, is your true objective point -- The heaviest blow yet dealt to the rebellion -- If it takes three years more -- No peace without victory. 
<br/><br/> Evaluates 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781594201912 1594201919 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008025229 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 --Military leadership.<br/>Lincoln, Abraham.<br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. <br/>Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Whitman College--Memorial bookplates--Class of 1936.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Meeting Names: </label><br/>American Civil War (1861-1865)
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800 - 1899 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Executive power--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.<br/>Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.<br/>Militaire bevelhebbers.<br/>Militaire strategie.<br/>Milit�arischer F�uhrer.<br/>Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)<br/>Sezessionskrieg--(1861-1865)<br/>Milit�arischer F�uhrer.<br/>Sezessionskrieg.<br/>Executive power.<br/>Military leadership.<br/>Political science.<br/>Presidents.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.<br/>United States--Politics and government--1861-1865.<br/>Verenigde Staten.<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biography.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E 457.2 .M478 2008