James A. Rawley is Carl Adolph Happold Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of numerous books, including Turning Points of the Civil War (Nebraska 1989), The Politics of Union: Northern Politics during the Civil War (Nebraska 1974), and Secession: The Disruption of the American Republic, 1844–1861.

"Complementing his impressive rendition of Lincoln's bold and increasingly competent administration of the government, Rawley offers a brief background and succinct opinions on virtually every significant incident and issue in Lincoln's public and private life. . . . Rawley has written a valuable study."—Civil War History "In less capable hands, Rawley's argument might have lapsed into hagiography. Instead, Rawley's Lincoln resembles the Lincoln of many other historians: wise, witty, shrewd, calm, masterful at manipulating politics and policy."—Michael S. Green, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association

James A. Rawley is Carl Adolph Happold Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of numerous books, including Turning Points of the Civil War (Nebraska 1989), The Politics of Union: Northern Politics during the Civil War (Nebraska 1974), and Secession: The Disruption of the American Republic, 1844–1861.

"Complementing his impressive rendition of Lincoln's bold and increasingly competent administration of the government, Rawley offers a brief background and succinct opinions on virtually every significant incident and issue in Lincoln's public and private life. . . . Rawley has written a valuable study."—Civil War History "In less capable hands, Rawley's argument might have lapsed into hagiography. Instead, Rawley's Lincoln resembles the Lincoln of many other historians: wise, witty, shrewd, calm, masterful at manipulating politics and policy."—Michael S. Green, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association

James A. Rawley is Carl Adolph Happold Professor Emeritus at the University of Nebraska. He is the author of numerous books, including Turning Points of the Civil War (Nebraska 1989), The Politics of Union: Northern Politics during the Civil War (Nebraska 1974), and Secession: The Disruption of the American Republic, 1844–1861.

"Complementing his impressive rendition of Lincoln's bold and increasingly competent administration of the government, Rawley offers a brief background and succinct opinions on virtually every significant incident and issue in Lincoln's public and private life. . . . Rawley has written a valuable study."—Civil War History "In less capable hands, Rawley's argument might have lapsed into hagiography. Instead, Rawley's Lincoln resembles the Lincoln of many other historians: wise, witty, shrewd, calm, masterful at manipulating politics and policy."—Michael S. Green, Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association