Tag Archives: Lincoln and the Fight for Peace

Author and CNN anchor John Avlon sits down with Ken Burns for a conversation about what Lincoln’s leadership can teach us today.

Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, and the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute welcome John Avlon for a discussion with Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer on his acclaimed new book, Lincoln and the Fight for Peace. As recent history has … Continue reading →

John Avlon discusses his book, “Lincoln and the Fight for Peace,” and compares and contrasts our First and 16th Presidents.

Few struggles in our nation’s history have matched the significance of the Civil War, and few leaders have determined those struggles’ outcomes as much as President Abraham Lincoln did. President Lincoln was determined to not only end the Civil War … Continue reading →

Lincoln and the Fight For Peace reveals how Lincoln’s character informed his commitment to unconditional surrender followed by a magnanimous peace.  

Only one president in American history has had to rebuild a divided nation. In the weeks before his death, Abraham Lincoln crafted plans to knit together the sinews of a country at war with itself. While a bullet and an … Continue reading →

Join us as we go in-depth into Journalist and Political Commentator John Avlon’s latest book, “Lincoln and the Fight for Peace”! Lincoln and the Fight for Peace is a groundbreaking, revelatory history of Abraham Lincoln’s plan to secure a just … Continue reading →

On the night he died, 8 articles were discovered inside a compartment in Abraham Lincoln’s wallet. John Avlon explains how these treasured clippings speak to Lincoln’s state of mind at the end of the war, and his hopes for how … Continue reading →

The power of Lincoln’s personal example in the closing days of the Civil War offers a portrait of a peacemaker. While his assassination sent the country careening off course, Lincoln’s vision would be vindicated long after his death, inspiring future … Continue reading →