Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War Lowenstein Roger
Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War Lowenstein Roger "Captivating . . . Lowenstein is a lucid stylist, able to explain financial matters to readers who lack…
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Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War Lowenstein Roger
"Captivating . . . Lowenstein is a lucid stylist, able to explain financial matters to readers who lack specialized knowledge." --Eric Foner, New York Times Book ReviewFrom renowned journalist and master storyteller Roger Lowenstein, a revelatory financial investigation into how Lincoln and his administration used the funding of the Civil War as the catalyst to centralize the government and accomplish the most far-reaching reform in the country's historyUpon his election to [Lowenstein] makes what subsequently occurred at Treasury and on Wall Street during the early 1860s seem as enthralling as what transpired on the battlefield or at the White House." --Harold Holzer, Wall Street Journal "Ways and Means, an account of the Union's financial policies, examines a subject long overshadowed by military narratives . . .