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

A New Birth of Freedom is the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by one of Americas foremost scholars of American politics Harry V. Jaffa. This long-awaited sequel to Crisis of the House Divided first published in 1959 continues Jaffas piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln and the themes of self-government equality and statesmanship. Whereas Crisis of the House Divided focused on the famous senate campaign debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas this volume expands and deepens Jaffas analysis of American political thought and gives special attention to Lincolns refutation of the arguments of John C. Calhoun-the intellectual champion of the Confederacy.