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      The Executive Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics

      Brian R. Dirck

      This volume gives students, professors, and the general public a single, comprehensive source on the key themes in the historical development of the presidency from America’s founding era through the…

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      The Black Heavens: Abraham Lincoln and Death

      Brian R. Dirck

      Offers the first in-depth account of how Abraham Lincoln responded to the riddles of mortality, undertook personal mourning, and coped with the extraordinary burden of sending hundreds of thousands of…

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      Lincoln and Davis: Imagining America, 1809-1865

      Brian R. Dirck

      Both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis are locked in the American psyche as iconic symbols of victory and defeat. The author contests that these images tend to obscure the larger…

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      Abraham Lincoln and White America

      Brian R. Dirck

      A provocative examination of what white meant in Lincoln’s time and what it meant to Lincoln himself. Proposes a new understanding of how Lincoln viewed whiteness as a distinct racial…

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      Lincoln in Indiana

      Brian R. Dirck

      Lincoln in Indiana offers a fascinating account of Lincoln’s boyhood in Indiana, setting the relationships, values, and environment that fundamentally shaped Lincoln’s character within the context of frontier and farm…

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      Abraham Lincoln and White America

      Brian R. Dirck

      A provocative examination of what white meant in Lincoln’s time and what it meant to Lincoln himself. Proposes a new understanding of how Lincoln viewed whiteness as a distinct racial…

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      Waging War on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents

      Brian R. Dirck

      A thought-provoking and engaging guide to the legal, moral, and political issues that arise when the United States goes to war.

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      Lincoln the Lawyer

      Brian Dirck

      Despite historians’ focus on the man as president and politician, Abraham Lincoln lived most of his adult life as practicing lawyer. This title explores the origins of Lincoln’s desire to…

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