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Author:
John P. Avlon
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Date:
February 15, 2022
A history of Abraham Lincoln's plan to secure a just and lasting peace after the Civil Warâa vision that inspired future presidents as well as the world's peacemakers.
What The Reviewers Say
[An] elegant, almost conversational, exposition.
... offers a close reading of Lincoln’s final weeks in office, with the Civil War winding down and huge questions still unresolved about the terms of surrender, the rights of newly liberated African Americans and the Reconstruction to follow.
In his very readable, if sometimes meandering, book, Avlon does not break new interpretive ground, but he does provide many personal, policy, and political details of Lincoln’s thought and actions.
A highly readable survey.
