Lincoln and the Decision for War : The Northern Response to Secession.

By: McClintock, RussellMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Civil War America SerPublisher: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (401 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780807886328Subject(s): Lincoln, Abraham, -- 1809-1865 -- Political and social views | Nationalism -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century | Political culture -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century | Public opinion -- Northeastern States -- History -- 19th century | Secession -- Southern States -- Public opinion | United States -- Politics and government -- 1857-1861 -- Decision making | United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 -- Decision makingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lincoln and the Decision for War : The Northern Response to SecessionDDC classification: 973.7 LOC classification: E456 -- .M26 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On the Brink of the Precipice: The Election of 1860 -- 2. I Would Not Endanger the Perpetuity of This Union: November -- 3. Proportions of Which I Had but a Faint Conception: Early December -- 4. The Issues of the Late Campaign Are Obsolete: Late December -- 5. We Know Not What a Day or Two or an Hour May Bring Forth: December-January -- 6. One's Opinions Change Fast in Revolutionary Times: January-February -- 7. The Storm Is Weathered: January-February, Revisited -- 8. A Calm Pervades the Political World: March -- 9. Any Decision Would Be Preferable to This Uncertainty: March-April -- 10. Everybody Now Is for the Union: April-May -- Conclusion: Shall It Be Peace, or a Sword? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Summary: When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking and highly praised book, McClintock follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. He argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan newspapers and officials, the decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller group of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or by sword.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. On the Brink of the Precipice: The Election of 1860 -- 2. I Would Not Endanger the Perpetuity of This Union: November -- 3. Proportions of Which I Had but a Faint Conception: Early December -- 4. The Issues of the Late Campaign Are Obsolete: Late December -- 5. We Know Not What a Day or Two or an Hour May Bring Forth: December-January -- 6. One's Opinions Change Fast in Revolutionary Times: January-February -- 7. The Storm Is Weathered: January-February, Revisited -- 8. A Calm Pervades the Political World: March -- 9. Any Decision Would Be Preferable to This Uncertainty: March-April -- 10. Everybody Now Is for the Union: April-May -- Conclusion: Shall It Be Peace, or a Sword? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

When Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted several Southern states to secede, the North was sharply divided over how to respond. In this groundbreaking and highly praised book, McClintock follows the decision-making process from bitter partisan rancor to consensus. From small towns to big cities and from state capitals to Washington, D.C., McClintock highlights individuals both powerful and obscure to demonstrate the ways ordinary citizens, party activists, state officials, and national leaders interacted to influence the Northern response to what was essentially a political crisis. He argues that although Northerners' reactions to Southern secession were understood and expressed through partisan newspapers and officials, the decision fell into the hands of an ever-smaller group of people until finally it was Lincoln alone who would choose whether the future of the American republic was to be determined through peace or by sword.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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