Lincoln

Terence Ball is Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. He is the author of several books, including Transforming Political Discourse (1988), Reappraising Political Theory (1995) and a mystery novel, Rousseau's Ghost (1998), and is coeditor (with Richard Bellamy) of The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought, among other works. He has previously edited The Federalist and coedited (with Joyce Appleby) Jefferson: Political Writings for the Cambridge Texts series.

'As a part of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, the writings and speeches contained in this annotated edition demonstrate that Abraham Lincoln was a serious political thinker - not only in the context of his own time and circumstances - but for today, too. The introduction is comprehensive and the selections are carefully edited with useful extensive annotation and footnotes. They provide a better insight into Lincoln than many similar collections … This is one of the best selections of Lincoln's writings available today and, timely too, with its publication during the sesquicentennial of the Civil War.' Frank J. Williams, Civil War Book Review

• Preface; Introduction; Chronology; Biographical synopses; Note on sources and abbreviations; Bibliographical note; 1. Political writings and speeches; 2. Notes and fragments.