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1. Inner power: Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54
Ambition
Political vision
Moral crisis: 1854
The religious roots of moral power
2. The power of opinion: Lincoln: the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58
Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion
Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement
The senatorial campaign of 1858
3. The power of party: winning the presidency, 1858-60
Presidential ambition: Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention
The Republican presidential nomination
The 1860 presidential campaign: the power of a righteous party
4. Confronting the limits of power: from president-elect to war president, 1860-61
In the antechamber to power: holding the party line
From Springfield to Sumter: building a united front
Strategies for 'a people war'
'What shall I do? The people are impatient...'
5. The purposes of power: evolving objectives, 1861-65
Reading the public
'Every indispensable means': toward the Emancipation Proclamation
Faith and purposes
Faithfulness of purpose: emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship
6. The instruments of power: coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65
Coercion, repression and executive power
Popular mobilization: the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party
Popular mobilization: churches and philanthropic organizations
The Union army as a moral force
The election of 1864: 'the second birth of our nation'.
7. Conclusion: power in death
Chronology of Lincoln's life.
Ambition
Political vision
Moral crisis: 1854
The religious roots of moral power
2. The power of opinion: Lincoln: the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58
Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion
Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement
The senatorial campaign of 1858
3. The power of party: winning the presidency, 1858-60
Presidential ambition: Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention
The Republican presidential nomination
The 1860 presidential campaign: the power of a righteous party
4. Confronting the limits of power: from president-elect to war president, 1860-61
In the antechamber to power: holding the party line
From Springfield to Sumter: building a united front
Strategies for 'a people war'
'What shall I do? The people are impatient...'
5. The purposes of power: evolving objectives, 1861-65
Reading the public
'Every indispensable means': toward the Emancipation Proclamation
Faith and purposes
Faithfulness of purpose: emancipation, reconstruction and black citizenship
6. The instruments of power: coercion and voluntary mobilization, 1861-65
Coercion, repression and executive power
Popular mobilization: the 'power of the right word' and the agency of party
Popular mobilization: churches and philanthropic organizations
The Union army as a moral force
The election of 1864: 'the second birth of our nation'.
7. Conclusion: power in death
Chronology of Lincoln's life.