Cet auteur se concentre sur les thèmes complexes de l'histoire américaine, en particulier sur l'époque de la guerre civile. Son œuvre se caractérise par un aperçu approfondi des courants politiques et sociaux qui ont façonné la nation. Les lecteurs apprécieront sa capacité à faire revivre le passé grâce à un récit captivant. Son écriture offre une perspective éclairée sur des moments et des figures essentiels de l'histoire américaine.
"From the acclaimed author of Gettysburg: The Last Invasion--a sweeping, singularly immediate, and intimate biography of the Confederate general and his fateful decision to betray his nation in order to defend his home state and uphold the slave system he claimed to oppose"-- Provided by publisher
The award-winning Lincoln authority Allen C. Guelzo offers here a penetrating look into the mind of one of our greatest presidents. The author takes us on a wide-ranging exploration of seven problems that confronted Lincoln, setting these problems and Lincoln's responses against the larger world of trans-Atlantic liberal democracy in the 19th century, comparing Lincoln not just to Andrew Jackson or John Calhoun, but to British thinkers such as Cobden, Bentham, and Bright, and to French observers de Tocqueville and Guizot.