Tried by Struggle: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief

As we rejoice the bicentennial of Lincoln’s delivery, this examine by preeminent, bestselling Civil Struggle historian James M. McPherson gives a uncommon, recent tackle one of the enigmatic figures in American historical past.
Tried by Struggle presents a revelatory (and well timed) portrait of management through the best disaster our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and galvanizing, that is the story of how Lincoln, with virtually no earlier army expertise earlier than coming into the White Home, assumed the powers related to the position of commander in chief, and thru his strategic perception and can to combat modified the course of the conflict and saved the Union.