TY  - BOOK
AU  - McPherson,James M.
TI  - Tried by war: Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief 
SN  - 9781594201912
AV  - E 457.2 .M478 2008 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham,
KW  - Lincoln, Abraham.
KW  - Whitman College
KW  - Memorial bookplates
KW  - Class of 1936
KW  - American Civil War (1861-1865)
KW  - fast
KW  - Executive power
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Biography
KW  - Amerikaanse burgeroorlog
KW  - gtt
KW  - Militaire bevelhebbers
KW  - Militaire strategie
KW  - Milit�arischer F�uhrer
KW  - swd
KW  - Sezessionskrieg (1861-1865)
KW  - Sezessionskrieg
KW  - (1861-1865)
KW  - gnd
KW  - Military leadership
KW  - Political science
KW  - Civil War, 1861-1865
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1861-1865
KW  - Verenigde Staten
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-314) and index; 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
N2  - 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0820/2008025229.html
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UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008025229-d.html
ER  -