What Lincoln was up against : the context of leadership / Edward L. Ayers -- Lincoln's construction of the consent principle and the right of Revolution in the secession crisis / Herman J. Belz -- Abraham Lincoln and the search for American identity / Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick -- The magnanimity of Abraham Lincoln : "What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing" / William Lee Miller -- Abraham Lincoln's opposition to the Mexican war / Daniel Walker Howe -- Wonderful self-reliance : Abraham Lincoln's leadership / Richard Carwardine -- Lincoln and the Copperheads / Jennifer L. Weber -- Abraham Lincoln and the shaping of public opinion / Douglas L. Wilson -- Genius or talented amateur : Lincoln as military strategist / Joseph T. Glatthaar -- Abraham Lincoln as war leader, 1861-1865 / Brian Holden Reid.