In a wonderful introduction, author and Time magazine
journalist Pico Iyer beautifully describes the major
themes and strands of the book as well as situating it
within the context of the rest of Matthiessen’s work and
within his own mind and his Buddhist practice.
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Bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with—and often against—his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know it.