Lincoln and the Democrats The Politics of Opposition in the Civil War Neely Jr

Lincoln and the Democrats\nby Jr, Mark E. Neely\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jr, Mark E. Neely\nTitle: Lincoln and the Democrats\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Civil wars\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press\nPublication year: 2017\nISBN-13: 9781107637634\nISBN-10: 1107637635\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nLincoln and the Democrats describes the vexatious behavior of a two-party system in war and points to the sound parts of the American system which proved to be the country''s salvation: local civic pride, and quiet nonpartisanship in mobilization and funding for the war, for example. While revealing that the role of a noxious ''white supremacy'' in American politics of the period has been exaggerated - as has the power of the Copperheads - Neely revives the claim.