theeverglow17's review against another edition
3.0
This book wasn't quite what I was expecting. Even though it is short, it is not a concise defense of Abraham Lincoln and his stances on slavery, and his reasonings for the Emancipation Proclamation. Guelzo, instead, gets lost sometimes in roundabout arguments over issues of race past and present. The last chapter is by far the most succinct as an explanation and defense of Lincoln's motives in issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, but as a whole, the book is hampered by those distracting side trips away from Lincoln.
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