Lincoln and the Broken Constitution
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Civil War and Lincoln's Transformation in the Constitution
The most interesting part of the book is what you describe as lincoln's transformation in his beliefs about the meaning of the constitution. There ware three areas in particular, going to war to preserve the union, suspending habeas and emancipation, that you focus on. But just give us a sketch, and then i want to have hom follow u on how his thinking changed. Let's take them one at a time. Ok, let's get to civil war. This is really centre of the book and the most interesting parts of the book to me,. And this doesn't happen all at once. You know, he becomes commander in chief, everything is crashing around him. Lincoln was a great
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