ISBN10: 0195080327, ISBN13: 9780195080322, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

Oxford University Press. Used - Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner’s name, short gifter’s inscription or light stamp. Oxford University Press ISBN 0195080327 9780195080322 [US]

ISBN10: 0195080327, ISBN13: 9780195080322, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
[Frederick, MD, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]

New York: Oxford Paperbacks / Oxford University Press, Date: 1991. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. 2nd printing. 1991 Trade Paperback. xvii, 278 pp. "If Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, he was also the only president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Indeed, Lincoln's record on the Constitution and individual rights has fueled a century of debate, from charges that Democrats were singled out for harrassment to Gore Vidal's depiction of Lincoln as an "absolute dictator." Now, in The Fate of Liberty, one of America's leading authorities on Lincoln wades straight into this controversy, showing just who was jailed and why, even as he explores the whole range of Lincoln's constitutional policies. Mark Neely depicts Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus as a well-intentioned attempt to deal with a floodtide of unforeseen events: the threat to Washington as Maryland flirted with secession, distintegrating public order in the border states, corruption among military contractors, the occupation of hostile Confederate territory, contraband trade with the South, and the outcry against the first draft in U.S. history. Drawing upon letters from prisoners, records of military courts and federal prisons, memoirs, and federal archives, he paints a vivid picture of how Lincoln responded to these problems, how his policies were actually executed, and the virulent political debates that followed. Lincoln emerges from ...

ISBN10: 0195080327, ISBN13: 9780195080322, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Softcover Pages and cover are intact. Used book in good and clean conditions. Limited notes marks and highlighting may be present. May show signs of normal shelf wear and bends on edges. Item may be missing CDs or access codes. May include library marks.
[Woodland Park, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1992]