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What Lincoln Was Up Against: The Context Of Leadership, Edward L. Ayers
What Lincoln Was Up Against: The Context Of Leadership, Edward L. Ayers
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Abraham Lincoln faced desperate challenges from the moment he took office until the day he was killed. While Union armies in the field struggled for four years against dismayingly effective Confederate forces, Lincoln fought to keep the North from breaking apart. The task proved unrelenting.