Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers

The clashes between President Abraham Lincoln and Chief Justice Roger B. Taney over slavery, secession, and the president's constitutional war powers went to the heart of Lincoln's presidency. James Simon, author of the acclaimedWhat Kind of Nation, brings to vivid life the passionate struggle during the worst crisis in the nation's history, the Civil War. The issues that underlaid that crisis -- race, states' rights, and the president's wartime authority -- resonate today in the nation's political debate.Simon, James F. is the author of 'Lincoln and Chief Justice Taney Slavery, Secession, and the President's War Powers', published 2007 under ISBN 9780743250337 and ISBN 0743250338.