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Lincoln and the fight for peace
—Avlon, John P., author.
2022

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"A groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil War--a vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's most famous peacemakers, including Nelson Mandela, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. It is a story of war and peace, race and reconciliation."-- Provided by publisher.

Item Details

ISBN: 9781982108120

Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Description: 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

  • With malice toward none
  • Unconditional surrender : Lincoln at war
  • A magnanimous peace : Lincoln and the fall of Richmond
  • Appomattox and the art of peace
  • Reconstruction : a tragedy in three acts
  • The fight for peace
  • Lincoln's second inaugural & final speech.

LCCN: 2021042304

Control Number: 3184705

Publisher: New York : Simon and Schuster, 2022.
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