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  • Non-fiction
  • 2024
  • First edition.

Our ancient faith

Lincoln, democracy, and the American experiment

Allen C. Guelzo

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"Abraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know less about Lincoln's penetrating ideas and beliefs about democracy, which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis. Allen C. Guelzo, one of America's foremost experts on Lincoln, captures the president's firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history. He shows how Lincoln's deep commitment to the balance between majority and minority rule enabled him to stand firm against secession while also committing the Union to reconciliation rather than recrimination in the aftermath of war. In bringing his subject to life as a rigorous and visionary thinker, Guelzo assesses Lincoln's actions on civil liberties and his views on race, and explains why his vision for the role of government would have made him a pivotal president even if there had been no Civil War."--

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Title Statement Our ancient faith: Lincoln, democracy, and the American experiment / Allen C. Guelzo.
Author Guelzo, Allen C
Publication New York: Alfred A. Knopf,2024.
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item xv, 247 pages ;
ISBN 9780593534441 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07288608
General Notes "This is a Borzoi book."--Title page verso.
Contents Introduction : the disposition of democracy --The cause of human liberty --Law, reason, and passion --An American system --Political economy and the nation --Democratic culture --Democracy and civil liberties --Democracy and race --Democracy and emancipation --Democracy's deficits --What if Lincoln had lived?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-227) and index.
Summary "Abraham Lincoln grappled with the greatest crisis of democracy that has ever confronted the United States. While many books have been written about his temperament, judgment, and steady hand in guiding the country through the Civil War, we know less about Lincoln's penetrating ideas and beliefs about democracy, which were every bit as important as his character in sustaining him through the crisis. Allen C. Guelzo, one of America's foremost experts on Lincoln, captures the president's firmly held belief that democracy was the greatest political achievement in human history. He shows how Lincoln's deep commitment to the balance between majority and minority rule enabled him to stand firm against secession while also committing the Union to reconciliation rather than recrimination in the aftermath of war. In bringing his subject to life as a rigorous and visionary thinker, Guelzo assesses Lincoln's actions on civil liberties and his views on race, and explains why his vision for the role of government would have made him a pivotal president even if there had been no Civil War."--
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By Topic Democracy--History--United States
By Name Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865--Influence
Lincoln, Abraham,1809-1865--Political and social views
By Location United States--Politics and government--1861-1865
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