Mises Daily
Author:
Myles Kantor
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A review of A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War (Roman and Littlefield, 2000, 750 pp.) At a recent appearance before the Heritage Foundation to discuss A New Birth of Freedom , James Bovard asked author Harry Jaffa how Abraham Lincoln’s suppression of Southern secession reflected on his commitment to consensual