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Book Reviews

These are some reviews from a recent issue of The Civil War News:

 


A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War

by Harry V. Jaffa.

Notes, index, appendix, softcover, 550 pp., 2004 reprint. Rowan & Littlefield Publishing Group, 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, MD 20706, $22.95 plus shipping.



This volume is a master work by a true and learned master of history and philosophy. Professor Jaffa makes the simple statement that the book “is conceived as a commentary on the Gettysburg Address.” He then expands the thought to state that it is “above all, a commentary on what is meant by dedication to ‘the proposition that all men are created equal.’”

Over four decades ago, Professor Jaffa published a powerful volume on Abraham Lincoln’s political ideas, Crisis of the House Divided. Now, in this powerful and long-awaited sequel, A New Birth of Freedom, he challenges the conventional wisdom of today, delivering a spirited — and reasoned — defense, a profound examination, as well as intellectual affirmation of Lincoln’s understanding of and dedication to the concepts on which the nation is founded.

A New Birth of Freedom is a must for every serious student of the founding of our nation, of Abraham Lincoln, and of the Civil War. (See Allen C. Guelzo’s review in The Civil War News, June 2002.)



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