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March, 2007
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Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

By Doris Kearns Goodwin
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 2005. Pp. xix, 916. Maps, diagrams, illustrations, notes, index. Clothbound $35.00; paperbound, $19.95.)

In this engaging study of Abraham Lincoln and the principal men of his cabinet, Doris Kearns Goodwin argues that Lincoln's "political genius"—particularly his "extraordinary array of personal qualities" (p. xvii)—enabled him to harness the talents of a disparate group of men, including his political rivals, to provide the country with effective leadership during the Civil War. Whatever Lincoln's doubts and frustrations or his increasing fatalistic sense that "events have controlled me" (Collected Works 7:282), Goodwin emphasizes Lincoln's political wisdom, confidence, and sympathetic understanding of human behavior. He capably managed the conservative and radical wings of his party; he befriended rivals and acted magnanimously toward those who opposed him; and he was able to "gather the best men of the country around him" and "impress upon them his own purpose, perception, and resolution at every juncture." . . .
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