The War worth fighting: Abraham Lincoln's Presidency and Civil War America

Introduction / Stephen D. Engle

Part I. Lincoln's war and the people's contest

The passage of Lincoln's republic: Providence in progress / Orville Vernon Burton

The President as pedagogue: teaching citizenship in time of war / J. Matthew Gallman

Lincoln as Commander in Chief: forays into generalship / Mark Grimsley

Part II. The war beyond the White House

The political culture of the North: party politics of nation and state / Jennifer L. Weber

Legalities in wartime: the myth of the writ of habeas corpus / Mark E. Neely Jr

Emancipation in Washington, D.C.: battleground for freedom and reconstruction / Kate Masur

Part III. The visible hand of leadership at home and abroad

Lincoln as leader: the visible hand of the presidency / Richard J. Carwardine

Lincoln as chief diplomat in war: perception and reality / Howard Jones

Wartime reconstruction: constructing the union's new cornerstone / Brooks D. Simpson

Epilogue. Lincoln's presidential legacy: the last best hope / Michael Burlingame.