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The author sets out to defend Abraham Lincoln from critics on both the left and the right and reintroduces readers to the man who defended the greatest ideals of freedom and equality at the darkest moment in American history.
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In this provocative and timely book, Vindicating Lincoln, Thomas L. Krannawitter sets out to defend the man many consider to be our greatest president from critics on both the left and the right. For although public opinion polls tend to rank Lincoln among the country's most venerated presidents, he is also, paradoxically, the president who is least understood. While Lincoln's name is frequently invoked in contemporary American politics, few Americans understand or agree with the moral and political principles for which Lincoln gave his last full measure of devotion.
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