Abraham Lincoln's statesmanship and the limits of liberal democracy /

"Schaff analyzes how Lincoln's political thought and presidential statesmanship illustrate the need for a limit to democratic excess. Decent government, he argues, demands a balance of competing political goods as well as the strong statesmanship Lincoln exemplified to maintain that equili...

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Main Author: Schaff, Jon D., 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2019]
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Online Access:CONNECT