ePub Cheap Threats: Why the United States Struggles to Coerce Weak States by Dianne Pfundstein Chamberlain in History

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A New York Times Best Seller!In a startlingly innovative format; journalist Stephen A. Wynalda has constructed a painstakingly detailed day-by-day breakdown of president Abraham Lincoln’s decisions in office—including his signing of the Homestead Act on May 20; 1862; his signing of the legislation enacting the first federal income tax on August 5; 1861; and more personal incidents like the day his eleven-year-old son; Willie; died. Revealed are Lincoln’s private frustrations on September 28; 1862; as he wrote to vice president Hannibal Hamlin; “The North responds to the [Emancipation] proclamation sufficiently with breath; but breath alone kills no rebels.”366 Days in Abraham Lincoln’s Presidency includes fascinating facts like how Lincoln hated to hunt but loved to fire guns near the unfinished Washington monument; how he was the only president to own a patent; and how he recited Scottish poetry to relieve stress. As Scottish historian Hugh Blair said; “It is from private life; from familiar; domestic; and seemingly trivial occurrences; that we most often receive light into the real character.”Covering 366 nonconsecutive days (including a leap day) of Lincoln’s presidency; this is a rich; exciting new perspective of our most famous president. This is a must-have edition for any historian; military history or civil war buff; or reader of biographies.Skyhorse Publishing; as well as our Arcade imprint; are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II; the Third Reich; Hitler and his henchmen; the JFK assassination; conspiracies; the American Civil War; the American Revolution; gladiators; Vikings; ancient Rome; medieval times; the old West; and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller; we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.