Lincoln's autocrat

[Gene C]

(01-10-2017 11:42 AM)richard petersen Wrote:  Thanks for the review Mr. Rose. Last evening on c-span William Marvel was on discussing his book. It was a speech he gave in Petersburg VA on 10/15/16. About the only positive point he made about Stanton was "he might have been good to his mother".

It sounded when it came to politics Stanton was very two faced.

Here is a short clip regarding what Richard posted above
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rxoZsV...351DA37ADA
It's only a short clip, so far I am unable to get the entire C-Span speech to load

I've read Benjamin Thomas's book on Stanton, and he seems to take a much more favorable view of Stanton than Mr. Marvel.
The short clip above, and some of the comments regarding Marvel's book on Stanton (and I haven't read the book) has given me the impression that Marvel has a chip on his shoulder regarding Stanton and is not very objective.

A new book on Stanton by Walter Stahr will be out later this year. I am looking forward to see how it compares.
https://www.amazon.com/Stanton-Lincolns-...lter+stahr

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