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An in-depth look at Abraham Lincoln´s leadership, both before and during his presidency. Lincoln led through times of confusion, war, and dissent. The set of chapters included in this volume are based on papers that constituted part of the 2008-2009 Jepson Leadership Forum at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond.

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Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction; G.R.Goethals & G.L.McDowell What Lincoln Was Up Against: The Context of Leadership; E.L.Ayers Lincoln´s Construction of the Consent Principle and the Right of Revolution in the Secession Crisis; H.J.Belz Abraham Lincoln and the Search for American Identity; J.L.Sedgwick The Magnanimity of Abraham Lincoln: ´What I Deal With Is Too Vast For Malicious Dealing´; W.L.Miller Abraham Lincoln´s Opposition to the Mexican War; D.Walker Howe Wonderful Self-Reliance: Abraham Lincoln´s Leadership; R.Carwardine Lincoln and the Copperheads; J.L.Weber Abraham Lincoln and the Shaping of Public Opinion; D.L.Wilson Genius or Talented Amateur: Lincoln as Military Strategist; J.Glatthaar Abraham Lincoln as War Leader, 1861-1865; B.Holden Reid Epilogue; G.R.Goethals

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"In this stimulating book, several of America´s and Britain´s leading Civil War historians and Lincoln biographers pool their talents to offer fresh interpretations of Abraham Lincoln´s qualities of leadership. Readers will gain new insights on the Lincoln administration and discover principles of leadership also applicable to other crises." - James M. McPherson, Professor Emeritus of History, Princeton University

"George Goethals and Gary McDowell have collected riveting new scholarship from some of the country s best historians for what constitutes an essential and inspiring primer on American leadership. Few collections so usefully offer the lessons of the past as a guide to the challenges of the future. Both the editors and the University of Richmond s Jepson School of Leadership, which commissioned these thoughtful essays, have made an outstanding contribution to the Lincoln bicentennial." - Harold Holzer, Co-Chairman, U.S. Lincoln Bicentennial Commission.

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George R. Goethals is Professor of Leadership Studies and holder of the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professorship in Leadership Studies at the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond, USA.

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