Lincoln / Richard J. Carwardine.

1. Inner power: Lincoln's ambition and political vision, 1809-54 -- Ambition -- Political vision -- Moral crisis: 1854 -- The religious roots of moral power -- 2. The power of opinion: Lincoln: the Illinois public and the new political order, 1854-58 -- Lincoln, democratic politics and public opinion -- Illinois public opinion and the anti-Nebraska fusion movement -- The senatorial campaign of 1858 -- 3. The power of party: winning the presidency, 1858-60 -- Presidential ambition: Lincoln, his party and the road to the Decatur convention -- The Republican presidential nomination -- The 1860 presidential campaign: the power of a righteous party -- 4. Confronting the limits of power: from president-elect to war president, 1860-61 -- In the antechamber to power: holding the party line-- From Springfield to Sumter: building a united front -- Strategies for 'a people war' -- 'What shall I do? The people are impatient...' -- 5. The purposes ofpower: evolving objectives, 1861-65 -- Reading the public -- 'Every ind