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Part I: Lincoln and the power to make war. Capturing the power to make war
Expanding the power to make war
Lincoln's grounds for action
Part II: Reactions to Lincoln's exercise of the power to make war. The polity bound hand and foot
The Supreme Court to the rescue of civil liberty
Seeds of a Congressional response
Part III: Plans for the post-bellum era. The steps towards emancipation
The restoration of the union
Epilogue.
Expanding the power to make war
Lincoln's grounds for action
Part II: Reactions to Lincoln's exercise of the power to make war. The polity bound hand and foot
The Supreme Court to the rescue of civil liberty
Seeds of a Congressional response
Part III: Plans for the post-bellum era. The steps towards emancipation
The restoration of the union
Epilogue.