The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
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  • Crucial book on civil liberties during wartime
  • Excellent study of a misunderstood aspect of the Civil War
 The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties
Mark E. Neely
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If Abraham Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, he was also the only president to suspend the writ of habeas corpus. Indeed, Lincoln's record on the Constitution and individual rights has fueled a century of debate, from charges that Democrats were singled out for harrassment to Gore Vidal's depiction of Lincoln as an "absolute dictator." Now, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Fate of Liberty, one of America's leading authorities on Lincoln wades straight into this controversy, showing just who was jailed and why, even as he explores the whole range of Lincoln's constitutional policies. Mark Neely depicts Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus as a well-intentioned attempt to deal with a floodtide of unforeseen events: the threat to Washington as Maryland flirted with secession, disintegrating public order in the border states, corruption among military contractors, the occupation of hostile Confederate territory, contraband trade with the South, and the outcry against the first draft in U.S. history. Drawing on letters from prisoners, records of military courts and federal prisons, memoirs, and federal archives, he paints a vivid picture of how Lincoln responded to these problems, how his policies were actually executed, and the virulent political debates that followed. Lincoln emerges from this account with this legendary statesmanship intact--mindful of political realities and prone to temper the sentences of military courts, concerned not with persecuting his opponents but with prosecuting the war efficiently. In addition, Neely explores the abuses of power under the regime of martial law: the routine torture of suspected deserters, widespread antisemitism among Union generals and officials, the common practice of seizing civilian hostages. He finds that though the system of military justice was flawed, it suffered less from merciless zeal, or political partisanship, than from inefficiency and the friction and complexities of modern war. Informed by a deep understanding of a unique period in American history, this incisive book takes a comprehensive look at the issues of civil liberties during Lincoln's administration, placing them firmly in the political context of the time. Written with keen insight and an intimate grasp of the original sources, The Fate of Liberty offers a vivid picture of the crises and chaos of a nation at war with itself, changing our understanding of this president and his most controversial policies.

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5 out of 5 stars Pulitzer material for sure.......2007-06-12

I gobbled up this book, but then, it falls right into my current research topic. Others who found it dull have a point if they are not into this era or the topic, but I loved reading it. I might have given it 4 1/2 stars because occasionally Neely's liberal side sneaks through, as when he deemed the military draft of 1862 an odious event. That's a personal value judgment, not a fact. That it was PERCEIVED by many Northerners as odious, is a fact. But that is a tiny, tiny flaw, and the book is definitely deserving of the Pulitzer it received. (And I suspect those occasional liberal slips were vital to winning the Pulitzer.) Neely's marvelous academic study contradicts with extensively researched facts (the man read 137 rolls of microfilm searching for arrest records) the rantings of the Lincoln-was-a-despot Libertarians such as Thomas DiLorenzo. Not light reading but highly recommended for scholars.

4 out of 5 stars Everything you want to know on the subject........2007-06-08

This is a very worthy and scholarly work with more detail than you could ask for on the subject. My problem with it is that is is a difficult read that is best taken in small doses. No doubt Neely is the award winning expert, it shows.

4 out of 5 stars Crucial book on civil liberties during wartime.......2001-12-30

Neely gives an excellent and detailed review of how civil liberties suffered during the War Between the States. The right of habeas corpus is Neely's main concern, but trials by military commissons and international law are covered among other topics.

If you're not a Civil War buff, this book may seem pretty dry. For example, a lot of space is devoted to evaluating the various claims of how many military prisoners there were. While this is important historical data, it made my eyes glaze over and prompted me to skim several sections of the book.

Given the post-9/11 discussions of military tribunals and other curtailments of the Bill of Rights, this book is more relevant than ever.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent study of a misunderstood aspect of the Civil War.......1998-08-07

This book gives an excellent look into the policies of the Lincoln administration and the effects of these policies on civil liberties in the United States. A common misconception regarding this subject is that the majority of those arrested as a result of the suspension of habeas corpus were political enemies of Lincoln. This book, however, demonstrates how many of the arrests were not based upon politics, but upon how the crimes committed affected the war effort. Most attention in the past has focused on a few famous cases such as Clement Vallandingham, but this book shows that this case was an exception to the rule.

A must-read for anyone interested in the Civil War or Abraham Lincoln. Neely also writes in a clear prose that clearly explains his points and allows the reader to understand what he is talking about even without having an extensive knowledge of Lincoln or the Civil War.
A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
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  • More Lincoln Fiction
  • Key work that clarifies the American purpose
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  • More Lincoln lies & myths
 A New Birth of Freedom: Abraham Lincoln and the Coming of the Civil War
Harry Jaffa
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A New Birth of Freedom is the culmination of over a half a century of study and reflection by one of America's foremost scholars of American politics, Harry V. Jaffa. This long-awaited sequel to Crisis of the House Divided, first published in 1959, continues Jaffa's piercing examination of the political thought of Abraham Lincoln and the themes of self-government, equality, and statesmanship. Whereas Crisis of the House Divided focused on the famous senate campaign debates between Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, this volume expands and deepens Jaffa's analysis of American political thought, and gives special attention to Lincoln's refutation of the arguments of John C. Calhoun-the intellectual champion of the Confederacy.

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3 out of 5 stars Deep but boring.......2006-12-22

I would love to say that A New Birth of Freedom is a delightful read, but I cannot. It is too boring to permit that conclusion. Jaffa seems to improvise from random, grandiose thoughts as they pop into his head, thoughts worth finding but ones you have to dig laboriously with a large spade to find. After a while, you just wear out. I admit that I could not divine enough concentration to finish reading this book. Do NOT, however, believe any statements you read in other reviews here about Jaffa's work being fiction. I suspect that critic (and there may be more to come) is a follower of Thomas J. DiLorenzo, a man who hates all things Lincolnian. Unfortunately, DiLorenzo writes with attention-capturing clarity that makes his pseudo-logical books highly accessible to the general public. I say "unfortunate" because, to paraphrase something Lincoln never said, DiLorenzo has used his writing skill to fool some of the people all of the time. Harry Jaffa does not try to fool anyone, but his writing will not fascinate them either. Having read the transcript of his debate with Thomas DiLorenzo, I know that Jaffa is capable of creating cogent, fascinating arguments, but he fails to do that in his writing or, by the time he does, your brain may be too exhausted to care.

1 out of 5 stars More Lincoln Fiction.......2006-03-20

Harry Jaffas latest book on Lincoln is a work of fiction, confusion and silliness. Jaffa's cause is to defend Lincolns thought and actions in prosecuting his war on the South. This is a formidable task since the self-taught Lincoln would have flunked an elementary civics exam of his own day. The notions of state sovereignty, federalism, delegated powers, usurpation of powers etc. escaped him.
Lincoln justified his war on the South by advocating a preposterous fiction. The fiction was that a "union" was forged on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress which created a new nation by declaring independence for the former British colonies. He claimed this "union" won independece for the former colonies, gave them the legal status they enjoyed and created them as states. He denied, therefore, that the states were ever sovereign (or really states at all!)or that they had any independence or liberty outside the union. He did this so he could equate secession with treason and wage war on his fellow Americans. His thinking was deeply flawed and would have been rejected by the Founding Fathers as well as his unjustified war.
The Declaration of Independence contradicts Lincoln and Jaffa. The members of the Continental Congress were representatives of the several colonies which decided individually to seek independence from Britain. Several states had already declared independence before July 4th and govern themselves. South Carolina March on 15, Rhode Island on May 4, Delaware on June 15, Virginia on June 29, New Jersey on July 2. The delegates at the Continental Congress had no authority from the people of their states to form a national government, and, as delegates, they could not tell their respective colonies or states what to do. The Declaration speaks of no new nation or national government. It speaks of thirteen independent states. The fact that these states "united" to fight the British does not diminish their status as independent states since weaker states often band together to fight the stronger nations. That these states were independent sovereigns is attested to in the 2nd Article of the Aticles of Confederation (which formed the United States of America as a CONFEDERACY!). It reads: "Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence..." The mythical "union" of Lincolns imagination which was over and above the states was unknown to the Founding Fathers since none of them recognized a higher political authority than that of a state. This is proved by the fact that only those states which ratified the constitution would belong to the union ( nine states being needed to bring into being the new union). So, the union was a creation of the states and at the service of the states, not as Lincoln's mendacious logic would have it. This is elementary American history and the attempt by Lincoln and Jaffa to obfuscate this fact reveals their ignorance or dishonesty. Jaffa tries to defend this obvious fiction by saying the individual state sovereignty refered to wasn't real since "none of the states had ever attempted individually to make war, conclude peace, or enter into alliances."(pg.256) This is false since the Articles of Confederation was just the sort of alliance the Declaration of Independence regarded as the right of any independent state. He tries again by saying that the states stood in the same relation to the federal government as counties to state government.(pg 205,256) This is silly since counties are subdivisions of a state not independent sovereigns. It was the states which created the federal gov't not the federal gov't creating states. He also makes the strange claim that Madison didn't say that the states which formed the Articles of Confederation were independent sovereigns (pg 190). Anyone who reads Federalist #39 and 40 will see this isn't true.
I don't believe Jaffa's book will be much help to those who want an accurate account of American history. Where he is not dishonest he is confused about his subject matter. He doesn't understand the correct notions of state sovereignty, federalism, or delegated powers. But who can be surprised about that..... neither did his mentor Lincoln!
When Jaffa ventures out on his own he makes up his own facts. Slavery is opposed to natural law! No, the great natural law philosophers don't think so. The Civil War was about the morality of slavery! No, it was about secession, and Lincoln said so. Lincoln believed in equality for blacks! No, he was a white supremicist who wanted the slaves freed so they could be shipped back to Africa. Secession is unconstitutional! No, the power to prevent secession was not delegated to the federal government, so the right to secede remained with the states. Lincoln was a great thinker in the same league as Socrates! No, he was a power hungry demagogue who didn't even understand American political thought. Lincoln ushered in a new birth of freedom! No,Lincoln destroyed the sovereignty of the states and enslaved their people to the decisions of federal officials. Thanks Abe!

5 out of 5 stars Key work that clarifies the American purpose.......2004-08-06

"A New Birth of Freedom" is Professor Harry V. Jaffa's promised sequel to his "Crisis of the House Divided", written in 1958 to counter the prevailing but wrong headed notions of academics about the meaning of the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

In "Crisis", Professor Jaffa sets forth the basis of the argument that in 1858 served to deny Senator Douglas the Presidency in 1860 by taking from him any moral standing by focusing the nation to confront the issue of slavery.

In "Birth", we see Abraham Lincoln's philosophy arrayed against that of Alexander Stephens, Jefferson Davis and ultimately, John C. Calhoun. We further see that Lincoln's belief that "All men are created equal" is the heir of Thomas Jefferson, John Locke, and Aristotle whereas Calhoun's theories rest uncertainly on Jean-Jacques Rousseau and are close cousins to Kant, Hegel, and Marx and the school of historical determinism and Darwinism.

Professor Jaffa carefully explains the undergirding theory of the American experiment: that "All men are created equal" is the premise of the American Revolution and not just an empty slogan. That this should be necessary is a sad commentary on the large numbers of political scientists who find more common ground with Karl Marx than with Thomas Jefferson.

While "Birth" has a degree of redundancy with "Crisis", this can easily be overlooked as one was written over 40 years after the other.

5 out of 5 stars Brilliant Book, Difficult Read.......2004-07-30

A brilliant book on Lincoln's political thought. Not an easy read, though. Jaffa carefully parses Lincoln's words and deeds with an analytical philosopher's thoroughness. The style is rather dense and meaty and makes for tough going at times, but the intellectual rewards are worth the effort. Jaffa's diptych (Crisis of House Divided, New Birth of Freedom) is the strongest argument yet made for Lincoln as leader.

1 out of 5 stars More Lincoln lies & myths.......2004-07-27

This book is one of the biggest liberal lies concerning Lincoln that I have ever read. It is a waste of time & money. If anyone reads this trash than they should get "The Real Lincoln" by Thomas Dilorenzo. His book will give you a more truthful description of Lincoln, and the reason we have big government violating the Constitution to this very day. The only freedom gained from the Lincoln administration is the freedom of Federal Government to walk all over the rights of the states, and the people.
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    When President Lincoln died the next morning, the United States mourned as it had never mourned before. An assassin had killed the man who had led Americans through the bloody turmoil of the Civil War with an unswerving commitment to rebuilding a strong and united country.

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        A hardcover copy of the draft, preliminary, and final versions of the Emancipation Proclamation. This treasure is sure to be cherished by anyone who celebrates freedom.
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