The Fate of Liberty by Neely

The Fate of Liberty by Neely

There has been considerable controversy over the last century about Abraham Lincoln's record on the Constitution and individual rights during the Civil War. Lincoln suspended Habeas Corpus during the war - the only time this basic political right has ever been suspended in American history. Neely first examines the whole range of Lincoln's constitutional policies and, in particular, shows who was convicted and jailed for what crimes during the war. He puts this whole discussion into the political context of the time. The result is a mixed record but one that basically reflects well on Lincoln.

`Neely's book won the prestigious US Pulitzer Prize for History in 1992, mainly for its careful examination of contemporary records andof the widely differing categories of those detailen.. objective, non-partisan study.' Morning Star
`Neely's book, which is the best scholarly examination of this issue ever written, will rehabilitate Lincoln's reputation on civil liberties ... extremely convincing' Paul Finkelman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History & Biography, Vol. CXVI, No. 4 (October 1992)

Mark E. Neely is McCabe-Greer Professor of the History of the Civil War Era at Penn State University.

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ISBN 13	9780195080322
ISBN 10	0195080327
Title	The Fate of Liberty
Author	Neely
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	1993-01-14
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Winner of Winner of the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for History.
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