James Oakes

James Oakes's most recent book is The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics. (April 2009)

From the Review

April 9, 2009: A Different Lincoln

Lincoln President-Elect: Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter, 1860–1861 by Harold Holzer

Lincoln and His Admirals: Abraham Lincoln, the US Navy, and the Civil War by Craig L. Symonds

Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson

October 23, 2008: They Soared Above the Din

Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates That Defined America by Allen C. Guelzo

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates edited by Rodney O. Davis and Douglas L. Wilson