Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney: Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers

The clashes between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers went to the heart of Lincoln's presidency. James Simon, author of the acclaimed What Kind of Nation, brings to vivid life the passionate struggle during the worst crisis in the nation's history, the Civil War. The issues that underlaid that crisis -- race, states' rights, and the president's wartime authority -- resonate today in the nation's political debate.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 11/01/2007
ISBN: 9780743250337
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 02/10/2008 pg. 32