Lincoln and Congress

Reveals that the relationship between the president and Congress, though sometimes contentious, was cooperative rather than adversarial. Harris draws intriguing sketches of nineteenth-century congressional leaders and shows that, contrary to what historians have traditionally concluded, radical Republicans did not dominate their party or Congress.

Dezvaluie ca relatia dintre presedinte si Congres, desi uneori controversata, era mai degraba cooperanta decat contradictorie. Harris deseneaza schite interesante ale liderilor congresului din secolul al XIX-lea si arata ca, spre deosebire de ceea ce istoricii au concluzionat in mod traditional, republicanii radicali nu si-au dominat partidul sau Congresul.