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Jefferson Davis, Mr. Hamilton argues, was much better prepared for wartime leadership than Abraham Lincoln, and up through his decision to allow Robert E. Lee to invade the North in what became ...
In this ingenious account, biographer Hamilton (War and Peace) surveys “the warring minds and hearts” of Abraham Lincoln and Confederate commander-in-chief Jefferson Davis during the first two ...
You can put him on a pedestal, like Abraham Lincoln, but the marble will have a lot more life and warmth than Davis ever did. And the arcs of their lives are much different.