The Global Lincoln: European Dimensions
Abraham Lincoln yearned to leave a permanent legacy. It is doubtful, however, that Lincoln, even when Confederates surrendered, appreciated just how far he had stirred hearts and minds at home and abroad. Yet his death, just days after Lee laid down his arms at Appomattox, prompted a quite extraordi...
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description | Abraham Lincoln yearned to leave a permanent legacy. It is doubtful, however, that Lincoln, even when Confederates surrendered, appreciated just how far he had stirred hearts and minds at home and abroad. Yet his death, just days after Lee laid down his arms at Appomattox, prompted a quite extraordinary explosion of mourning around the world. |
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title | The Global Lincoln: European Dimensions |
title_full | The Global Lincoln: European Dimensions |
title_fullStr | The Global Lincoln: European Dimensions |
title_full_unstemmed | The Global Lincoln: European Dimensions |
title_short | The Global Lincoln: European Dimensions |
title_sort | global lincoln european dimensions |
topic | global history Liberalism Lincoln modernization |
url | http://www.asjournal.org/60-2016/the-global-lincoln-european-dimensions/ |
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