"A thoughtful reminder both of the limits of the possible in
Reconstruction and of the need to expand the agenda of inquiry
beyond the concept of race in the minds of the nation's presidents.
Simpson has a fine sense of the politics of the age, an age where
the demands of politics propelled policy making
profoundly."--Phillip Shaw Paludan, author of The Presidency of
Abraham Lincoln"A valuable and lively account of Reconstruction as
a national policy problem. A very accessible perspective on a
complicated, even intractable, episode in American history that
highlights the differences in each man's policies and styles of
leadership."--Michael Perman, author of The Road to Redemption:
Southern Politics, 1869-1879
"An excellent study that will be consulted not only by specialists
but by anyone interested in the history of the Civil War, American
race relations, and American government."--American Historical
Review"A superb book that places the Reconstruction
presidents--Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and
Rutherford B. Hayes--in the context of their times and illuminates
the difficult and complex task they faced."--Florida Historical
Quarterly"A thoughtful and well-written book that deserves
widespread attention."--Journal of American History
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