Yet surprisingly little financial planning occurred in advance of the worst of times in America. ‘Finance is always the art of planning for the worst,” Roger Lowenstein argues in his captivating book on the Civil War-that is, on who paid for it, and how. Chase conferring about the National Bank Act of 1863. “Lowenstein delivers a fine account of a crucial yet overlooked aspect of the American Civil War.President Abraham Lincoln and Treasury Secretary Salmon P. this is a must-read for American history buffs.” informs this fresh look at the president’s essential Republican roots as a self-made man, rather than slaveholder, and belief that anyone could be successful in America.” “His experience writing about financial matters. Harold Holzer in the Wall Street Journal Lowenstein makes what occurred at Treasury and on Wall Street during the early 1860s seem as enthralling as what transpired on the battlefield or at the White House.” Ways and Means, an account of the Union’s financial policies, examines a subject long overshadowed by military narratives.” Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance Ways and Means is a tour de force of narrative history that provides a novel and original perspective on our greatest President.”
It also tells the deeper story of how Lincoln forged a new economic union, even as he was remaking the political union. Chase, successfully won the financial war against the South. “Roger Lowenstein gives a gripping account of how Lincoln and his secretary of Treasury, Salmon P. This volume will certainly rank as the classic treatment of the subject for a very long time to come.” “Lowenstein has delivered an outstanding contribution to the rich literature on the Civil War. Winner of the Harold Holzer Lincoln Forum Book PrizeĪ revelatory financial investigation into how Lincoln and his administration used the funding of the Civil War as the catalyst to centralize the government and accomplish the most far-reaching reform in the country’s history.
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