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Lincoln and LeadershipMilitary, Political, and Religious Decision Making\nAuthor(s): Randall M. Miller, Allen C. Guelzo\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Fordham University Press, United States\nImprint: Fordham University Press\nISBN-13: 9780823243440, 978-0823243440\nSynopsis\nLincoln and Leadership offers fresh perspectives on the 16th presidentmaking novel contributions to the scholarship of one of the more studied figures of American history. The book explores Lincoln's leadership through essays focused, respectively, on Lincoln as commander-in-chief, deft political operator, and powerful theologian. Taken together, the essays suggest the interplay of military, political, and religious factors informing Lincoln's thought and action and guiding the dynamics of his leadership. The contributors, all respected scholars of the Civil War era, focus on several critical moments in Lincoln's presidency to understand the ways Lincoln understood and dealt with such issues and concerns as emanc.