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Lincoln began and ended his tenure with the imminence if not actuality of military conflict. He evolved into a military realist, implementing harsh policies that insured the war's outcome.
No one, least of all incoming President Lincoln, could foresee what the future portended as he took the oath of office in March, 1861. In fact, he would be the only President (with the exception of FDR's 3rd term) to begin and end his tenure with the imminence if not actuality of military conflict. In the space of four years, he evolved into a military realist with the ability to implement harsh military policies that insured the successful outcome of what had become the bloodiest war in American History. This transformation is the subject of the second lecture.
About the Presenter: Dr. Jonathan Lurie, Rutgers University, History Professor Emeritus: Noted for his scholarly approach to a subject matter, Prof. Lurie is a sought after and frequent speaker at historical societies, presenting a wide variety of historical subjects. Prof. Lurie has been a speaker at the North Jersey Civil War Round Table for over 12 years, focusing on a different facet of Abraham Lincoln every year! At Rutgers University, Prof. Lurie specialized in American Legal History, Constitutional history, law and literature, and American political history. His latest book is a case study of the Pocket Veto Case, 1926-1929. Lurie taught at Rutgers from 1969 until he finally retired in 2014. Prof. Lurie is married to Dr. Maxine Lurie, former head of the History Dept. at Seton Hall University, is now President of the NJ Historical Commission, she is a noted author, whose works include being co-editor of the Encyclopedia of New Jersey.
This program is presented as a public service by the North Jersey Civil War Round Table and is the second of a two-part series: The Abraham Lincoln Lecture Series. The first program takes place on May 23 and requires separate registration to receive the link.
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